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NAPERVILLE,    ILL. 

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NAPERVILLE       — — 


Prof.  H.   H.  Rassweiler 

To   wKom  tKis  Souvenir    is    respectfully 

dedicated  by  tke  citizens  of  Naperville 

in  recognition  of  Kis  effort  and 

enthusiasm  for  a  successful 

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Of-'-' 


JOSEPH  NAPEK 

FOUNDER  OF  NAPERVILLE 
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FIRST  FRAME  HOUSE  BUILT  ix  NAPERVILLE,  1830 


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NAPERVILLE— HISTORIC  SKETCH 


By  D.  B.  GIVLER 


God  made  the  country,  man  made 
the  town  with  all  conveniences,  al- 
lurements and  imperfections. 

The  Pilgrim  immigrant  landed  on 
a  rock-bound  coast ;  the  pioneer  set- 
tler followed  the  star  of  empire  west- 
ward    over     almost     insurmountable 
mountains,     through     deep     swamps 
and  trailless  forests  until  he  emerged 
therefrom  and  stood  amazed  at  a  sight   unsur- 
passed   for    grandeur,    vast    in    extent — the    en- 
chanting prairies  of  northern  Illinois. 

Having  rested  a  night  in  Chicago,  he  pushed 
his  way  westward  along  a  trail  leading  to  the 
Naper  Settlement.  This  trail  in  time  became 
known  as  the  Oswego  road,  and  that  part  pass- 
ing through  Naperville  as  Chicago  Avenue. 
This  lone  horseman  arrived  here  on  a  perfect 
summer  evening.  Riding  horseback  all  day, 
communing  with  nature  and  getting  a  firmer 
grip  on  the  meaning  of  the  word  "boundless,"  his 
attention  was  attracted  to  the  sun  passing 
slowly  toward  the  western  horizon.  To  quote 
his  own  language  in  substance:  "I  stopped, 
looked  long  at  this  indescribable  manifestation  of 


Nature  in  its  golden  glory,  and  then  and  there 
praised  my  Maker." 

This  was,  in  a  greatly  modified  form,  a  dupli- 
cation of  Moses'  experience  as  from  Pisgha's 
heights  he  viewed  afar  the  Promised  Land,  for 
have  not  the  fertile  prairies  of  DuPage  and  sur- 
rounding counties  proven  a  land  of  promise  in 
bountiful  harvests  to  past  and  present  gener- 
ations, and  been  verified  in  the  experience  of  one 
of  our  distinguished  citizens? 

The  first  settlers  in  this  locality  became  resi- 
dents of  an  organized  state  with  well  defined 
boundaries.  Illinois  was  admitted  into  the 
Union  by  act  of  Congress  in  the  year  1818.  Du 
Page  County  was  created  out  of  Cook  County 
with  its  present  boundary  lines  on  February  9, 
1839. 

Naperville  is  the  oldest  town  in  the  county. 
The  village  of  Xaperville  was  incorporated  by 
act  of  Legislature  in  the  winter  of  1857. 

Although  Captain  Joseph  Naper  was  the 
founder  of  the  village  of  Naperville,  he  was  not 
the  first  settler  in  the  county,  nor  of  this  im- 


mediate  vicinity.  In  the  year  1825,  Stephen  J. 
Scott  removed  from  Maryland  to  this  State  and 
settled  near  Gros  Point,  Cook  County,  which 

7|  embraced  at  that  time  the  county  of  DuPage. 
While  on  a  hunting-  tour,  in  the  month  of 
August,  1830,  with  his  son  Willard,  he  dis- 
covered the  DuPage  river  near  Plainfield.  He 

qj  came  up  the  river  to  "The  Forks"  and  resolved 
to  make  this  region  his  future  home.  A  log 
cabin  was  built  on  what  is  now  known  as  the 
Sheldon  farm,  which  was  occupied  by  Mr.  Scott 
and  family  in  the  fall  of  1830.  Other  families 
soon  settled  in  the  vicinity.  This  "settlement" 
was  in  Will  County,  the  line  being  but  a  short 
distance  south  of  Naperville.  The  first  actual 
settler  on  the  soil  of  DuPage  County  was  Bailey 
Hobson  who  established  a  permanent  home 
within  half  a  mile  of  the  present  southern  limit 
of  this  city. 

In  June,  1831,  Captain  Joseph  Naper  and 
family  took  possession  of  their  new  home  near 
the  site  of  the  old  grist  mill,  around  which 
cluster  pleasant  memories  and  from  which  pro- 
ceeded influences  that  were  potent  factors  in  the 
development  of  the  garden  spot  of  the  greatest 
state  in  the  Union.  A  brief  review  by  decades 
will  suffice.  A  full  account  would  be  intensely 
interesting. 


1830-1840.  History  reveals  the  fact  that  in  the 
settlement  of  this  part  of  the  State,  former  resi- 
dents of  the  New  England  States  took  the  lead. 
Their  opportunity  for  securing  information 
from  the  far-away  west  was  ample  and  the 
source  so  trustworthy  that  they  made  the 
venture.  In  a  list  of  forty  men  who  came  here 
prior  to  1838,  the  name  of  but  one  German  ap- 
pears, that  of  George  Strubler,  father  of  the  four 
Strubler  brothers,  all  deceased,  and  he  didn't 
come  direct  from  Germany,  but  from  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

These  pioneers  endured  the  usual  hardships 
common  among  a  people  poorly  fortified  against 
the  rigors  of  severe  winters.  Scarcity  of  food, 
discouragement  on  account  of  the  gloomy  pros- 
pect and  an  occasional  Indian  scare  were  not 
calculated  to  make  them  rejoice  evermore  and  in 
all  things  give  thanks. 

But  there  were  also  seasons  of  rejoicing  and 
social  functions  which  made  life  worth  living, 
and  which  many  looked  back  to  with  pleasure, 
their  experiences  having  taught  them  lessons  in 
endurance  and  thrift  which  proved  to  be  valu- 
able legacies  for  their  descendants  to  this  day. 
They  were  a  noble,  brave,  persevering  people. 

1840-1850.  This  decade  is  replete  with 
marvelous  activity  in  the  "settlements."  Goodly 


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reports  had  crossed  the  ocean,  inducing  thou- 
sands to  sever  home-ties  and  assume  the  risks 
incident  to  a  voyage  across  the  stormy  Atlantic 
in  sailing  vessels,  a  few  enjoying  first  cabin  com- 
forts, but  most  of  them  confined  to  very  incon- 
venient, unsanitary  steerage  accommodations, 
a  goodly  number  of  which  became  permanent 
residents  of  Naperville  and  immediate  vicinity. 

A  great  stir  had  taken  place  among  residents 
of  Lancaster,  Berks,  Schuylkill  and  other  coun- 
ties in  Pennsylvania,  beyond  the  Alleghany 
mountains.  The  more  courageous  banded  to- 
gether and  set  their  faces  westward  in  spite  of 
protests,  tears  and  warnings  of  friends.  Some 
came  by  canal  and  lake  boats,  but  most  of  them 
covered  the  distance  by  means  of  horse-drawn 
wagons.  Other  groups  followed  in  rapid  suc- 
cession until  at  the  close  of  the  decade,  the  Ger- 
mans, English,  Scotch,  Pennsylvania  Dutch 
equaled  the  number  of  New  England  settlers. 

During  this  time  the  village  of  Naperville  was 
increasing  in  population.  The  most  serious 
obstacles  had  been  surmounted.  Town  and 
country  were  interdependent.  Adjacent  timber 
tracts  furnished  fuel  for  warmth  and  lumber  for 
addition  to  log  cabins.  Saw-mills  were  kept 
busy  and  grist-mills  provided  flour  for  daily 
bread.  The  DuPage  river  was  an  important 
factor  in  the  development  of  the  settlements. 


But  the  mills,  dams  and  ponds  have  disappeared, 
and  its  waters  flow  untrammeled  toward  the 
fathomless  deep. 

All  classes  of  people  brought  some  sort  of  re- 
ligion with  them  and  soon  felt  the  need  of 
united  effort  in  promoting  spiritual  matters,  and 
from  this  impulse  societies  were  formed  which 
worshiped  in  private  homes,  halls,  and  school 
houses  until  churches  could  be  built,  so  that  at 
the  close  of  the  decade,  the  Baptists,  Congre- 
gationalists,  Methodists,  Evangelicals  and 
Catholics  worshiped  in  dedicated  buildings.  The 
Lutherans  and  Episcopalians  were  provided  for 
later. 

Education  was  not  neglected,  and  from  the 
arrival  of  the  first  settlers  this  important  matter 
received  deserved  attention  in  the  way  of  pri- 
vate instruction,  and  later  through  the  medium 
of  the  public  school,  by  means  of  which  some  of 
the  scholars  became  men  of  usefulness  and  in- 
fluence in  their  clay  and  generation.  The  resi- 
dents of  the  village  were  especially  active  in  pro- 
viding school  buildings  and  teachers,  of  which 
fact  our  Academy  building,  unchanged  as  to  ex- 
terior, bears  convincing  testimony  and  may  con- 
tinue so  to  do  for  another  century. 

Surplus  grain  was  hauled  to  Chicago  by  farm- 
ers living  far  west  and  southwest  from  Naper- 


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ville.  The  Pre-Emption  House  and  barns 
afforded  ample  accommodations  for  man  and 
beast.  It  served  as  a  half-way  stopping  place 
for  many  years.  A  railroad  was  talked  about 
and  efforts  made  to  secure  one,  all  of  which 
failed.  Merchandise  for  local  sale  came  as  re- 
turn loads.  Several  men  made  this  a  special 
business  for  many  years,  using  the  plank  road, 
minus  the  planks. 

Farmers  kept  pace  with  the  spirit  of  the  day. 
The  horse-drawn  reaper  and  mower  superseded 
the  grain  cradle  and  scythe.  Ox-teams  were 
few.  The  plow  that  scoured  was  an  appreciated 
blessing.  It  was  a  modifier  of  temper,  a  puri- 
fier of  thoughts,  removed  temptation  and  made 
plowing  a  pleasant  past-time. 

The  village  also  was  abreast  with  the  needs  of 
the  day.  There  were  stores  and  groceries  carry- 
ing a  great  variety  of  goods.  Butter  and  eggs 
were  exchanged  for  luxuries  and  necessities. 
Money  was  scarce  and  credit  popular.  Profes- 
sional men  put  out  signs,  ready,  willing  and  able 
to  heal  the  sick,  cause  the  lame  to  walk  and  ad- 
minister liberal  doses  of  ipecac  and  calomel  at 
reduced  prices.  Lawyers,  not  a  few,  stood  ready 
to  give  safe  advice,  write  deeds  and  mortgages, 
or  defend  one  in  court  whether  innocent  or 
guilty. 


The  old  court  house  stood  near  the  site  of  the 
soldiers  monument.        It  was  built  in  the  year 
1839.       For    thirty    years    Naperville    was    the 
county  seat  of  DuPage,  by  virtue  of  which  it  at- 
'tracted  a  goodly  number  of  citizens  from  other 
parts  of  the  County    who    became  leading  citi- 
zens.       Court   sessions   brought    the    Honorable 
Judge  and    many    legal    lights    having  cases  in 
court.     Important  trials,  with  weighty  verdicts, 
were  disposed  of  to    the    entire   satisfaction  of 
winners.     Failing  to  be  forewarned  by  attempts 
to  remove  the  county  seat,  Naperville  was  not 
forearmed  when  the  last  test  of  voting  strength 
was  made  in  1867.     The  election  was  contested, 
but    after    much    litigation,    sharp    controversy 
and  expenditure  of  large  sums  of  money  the  con- 
test ended,  the    removal    effected  and  harmony 
restored  by  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors which  donated   the  public  square   to   the 
village  of  Naperville    for    park  purposes.       Ac- 
cording to  tradition,  removal   would  have  been 
prevented  if  an  early-day  election,   held   in   the 
towns  of  DuPage  and  Wheatland,  had  received 
attention.     The  matter  to  be  decided  was:  "Are 
the  voters  of  these  two  towns  willing  to  be  de- 
tached from  Will  County  and  be  joined  to  Du- 
Page County"?       One  vote  in  the  negative  de- 
cided  that  question.     Truthfully,   or  otherwise, 


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it  was  claimed  many  years  afterward  that  John 
Barleycorn  cast  the  deciding  vote. 

1850-1860.  The  writer  stands  on  familiar 
ground,  as  sixty-six  years  ago  he  first  caught  a 
glimpse  of  Naperville,  snugly  located  on  a  low 
tract  of  ground,  crowding  timber  on  the  west, 
several  houses  over  the  river,  later  swept  away; 
unpaved  streets;  sidewalks  few  and  meander- 
ing; residences  small,  unpretentious  and  un- 
painted ;  wooden  bridge ;  cows  running  at  large ; 
no  street  lamps — candles  and  kerosene  lamps  in 
general  use,  and  matches  almost  a  marvelous 
discovery  or  invention. 

Into  this  decade  is  crowded  the  bulk  of 
pioneer  history.  Immigration  had  practically 
ceased.  Land  all  pre-empted  and  most  of  it 
owned  by  actual  settlers.  Within  a  radius  of 
seven  miles  resided  a  sturdy  lot  of  men  and  wo- 
men, engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  and  in- 
terested in  religion,  education  and  politics.  Not 
much  wealth,  but  a  strong  purpose  to  succeed 
and  make  the  prairie  a  real  paradise.  The  hum 
of  the  prairie  fowl  greeted  the  ears  of  early 
risers;  from  the  undrained  sloughs  came  mo- 
notonous croakings  of  myriads  of  frogs;  the 
barking  night  prowler — the  prairie  wolf,  had 
disappeared,  and  the  last  deer  converted  into 
venison.  The  people  had  settled  down  into  quiet, 


compact,  contented  neighborhoods,  and  few  re- 
movals or  changes  took  place,  although  a  visi- 
tation of  cholera  and  typhoid  fever  claimed  some 
victims. 

Prairie  fires  were  dreaded,  but  no  great  losses 
were  sustained  thereby.  The  sight  was  grand 
from  a  distance.  The  burning  of  straw  was  sus- 
pended after  farmers  discovered  that  even  the 
black  prairie  soil  was  not  exhaustless. 

Early  in  the  decade,  two  nurseries  were  estab- 
lished which  furnished  shade,  fruit  and  orna- 
mental trees  for  prairie  homes,  for,  be  it  remem- 
bered that,  outside  the  timber  tracts,  not  a  tree 
appeared  to  obstruct  the  vision  of  the  earliest 
settlers.  The  manufacture  of  the  famous  Jones 
plows  began  as  early  as  1840  and  became  so 
popular  that  in  the  year  1856  two  thousand  five 
hundred  were  turned  out  and  sold  at  $15.00  each. 

The  Bank  of  Naperville  went  into  operation 
in  1854.  The  breweries  afforded  a  local  market 
for  barley  and  enjoyed  a  prosperous  existence 
until  crowded  out  by  grasping  trusts.  The  I.  O. 
of  O.  F.  was  organized  in  1850,  the  Masonic 
Lodge  established  in  1848,  lodge  of  Good 
Templars  instituted  1857.  An  artillery  company 
was  organized  in  1856,  to  which  belonged  a 
number  of  men  who  rendered  service  in  the  civil 
war.  Independence  day  was  observed  en  masse. 


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The  Declaration  was  read,  followed  by  an  ad- 
dress and  dinner  in  an  adjacent  grove,  punctu- 
ated by  salvos  of  artillery  produced  by  anvils 
properly  charged  and  discharged. 

High  water  in  the  river  raised  the  ice,  and  the 
two  combined  caused  a  destructive  freshet 
throughout  the  length  of  the  usually  placid  Du- 
Page.  It  came  in  the  month  of  March,  1857. 
Huge  cakes  of  ice,  borne  along  by  a  rapid  cur- 
rent, beat  down  dams,  swept  away  bridges,  de- 
molished houses.  Water  and  ice  covered  the 
lower  part  of  town,  as  well  as  the  river's  banks 
many  miles  southward.  It  was  an  interesting 
spectacle.  Some  of  the  mammoth  cubes  resisted 
the  sun's  rays  for  several  months. 

The  first  history  of  DuPage  County  was  pub- 
lished in  the  year  1857.  It  contains  a  reliable 
account  of  the  varied  activities  of  the  residents 
of  the  county  from  the  arrival  of  the  first  pioneer 
up  to  this  date.  It  is  a  meritorious  little  volume 
and  every  owner  should  highly  prize  it. 

The  first  three  newspapers  arrived  and  de- 
parted in  1850.  The  next  attempt  was  made  in 
1851,  and  survived  about  three  years.  The  next 
failure  occurred  in  1857.  Two  other  abortive 
efforts  were  made,  but  finally  The  Press,  estab- 
lished in  1863,  was  purchased  by  the  writer  who 


changed  the  name  to  The  Clarion.  The  failure 
of  a  newspaper  man  is  usually  credited  to  mis- 
management; that  of  a  banker  to  circumstances 
over  which  he  had  no  control.  The  local 
journalist  had  a  small  bonus  to  work  with  and 
soon  failed ;  the  banker's  deposits  were  larger 
and  held  out  longer. 

Political  affairs  during  this  decade  received 
strict  attention.  The  village  majority  was 
usually  captured  by  the  Democrats,  but  the 
county  at  large  in  1856  polled  1,387  votes  for 
Fremont  and  542  for  Buchanan;  1860,  Lincoln, 
1,790;  Douglas,  803.  Even  township  elections 
were  vigorously  contested  and  village  elections 
even  more  so.  Candidates  for  constable  and 
Justice  of  the  Peace  put  up  a  strong  fight  to  win 
and  made  use  of  every  legitimate  argument  to 
induce  friends  to  vote  early,  if  not  often. 

Several  homicides  and  suicides  might  be  re- 
corded, but  the  writer  prefers  to  pass  them  by. 
Tragic  events  were  few  in  number  and  are 
mostly  forgotten. 

A  general  cry  went  up  for  a  railroad.  Chi- 
cago was  the  nearest  market.  Cattle  and  sheep 
were  driven  thither  in  droves.  The  city  could 
be  reached  by  stage  direct  or  by  way  of  Winfield 
— the  nearest  railroad  station.  The  local  news- 


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paper  contained  few  local  items  and  depended 
on  exchanges  and  New  York  papers  for  matter 
to  fill  its  columns.  One  publisher  got  married 
and  delayed  publication  three  days.  An 
apology  was  accepted  as  the  paper  was  not 
missed.  The  editor  put  in  his  best  licks  to  secure 
a  railway.  It  came  long  after  his  removal  to  an- 
other city.  The  village  could  communicate  with 
the  outside  world  by  telegraph,  a  daguerreotype 
gallery  was  installed,  and  the  happiest  days  of 
the  writer's  life  were  when  he  could  wear  a  but- 
toned shirt  and  Hapless  trousers  and  exhibit  his 
"likeness"  fresh  from  the  camera  obscura. 

It  would  be  an  unpardonable  oversight  if 
mention  were  not  made  of  the  many  brave  men 
who  went  from  here  to  California  during  this 
decade.  The  lure  of  gold  became  universal  and 
irresistible  all  over  the  country.  Parties,  in- 
cluding women  and  children,  were  formed  in 
other  parts  of  the  State,  and  overland,  in  "prairie 
schooners,"  they  ventured  forth,  some  to  suc- 
ceed, others  to  perish  by  the  way,  and  not  a  few 
to  spend  a  winter  in  the  mountains  and  finally 
be  rescued  by  searching  parties. 

The  less  venturesome  men  went  by  way  of  the 
isthmus  of  Panama,  while  others  followed  the 
overland  trails.  Some  of  them  returned  with 
enough  "color"  to  start  in  business  or  buy  a 


farm,  land  being  cheaper  then  than  it  is  now. 
Two  weeks  were  required  to  transport  a  letter. 
The  "pony  express"  cut  down  the  time;  the  rail- 
road made  it  from  3  to  4  days.  The  returned 
California!!  was  looked  up  to  as  a  near  hero  with 
dead-loads  of  coin,  dust  and  nuggets.  Every- 
body had  a  right  to  guess,  but  nobody  was  wiser 
for  gruessing.  Several  men  from  Naperville  died 
on  the  way,  but  most  of  them  returned  safe  and 
found. 

Farmers  were  somewhat  discouraged.  Prices 
for  grain  were  very  low.  Taxes  were  regularly 
collected.  The  state  levy  must  be  paid  in  silver. 
Bank  bills  were  of  doubtful  value.  "Wild  cat" 
currency  predominated.  "Detectives"  were 
issued,  but  their  estimates  were  unreliable,  grain 
must  be  hauled  to  Chicago,  potatoes  also.  One 
farmer,  it  was  reported,  failed  to  find  a  pur- 
chaser. He  backed  his  wagon  to  the  river's  bank 
and  dumped  his  potatoes  into  the  water. 
Arrested  and  fined  a  larger  sum  than  team, 
waeron  and  'taters  were  worth.  This  happened 
so  long  ago  that  it  may  not  be  a  true  story. 

The  years  1858,  '59  and  '60  were  crowded  with 
great  events,  affecting  every  State  in  the  Union, 
the  slavery  question  being  at  the  bottom  of  the 
prevailing  unrest.  Kansas  was  the  western 
storm  center.  Here  and  then  John  Brown  first 


came  into  prominence.  A  cable  was  laid  be- 
tween the  United  States  and  England.  Senator 
Douglas  and  Abraham  Lincoln  debated  the  po- 
litical issues  of  the  day;  both  became  presi- 
dential candidates;  Lincoln  was  elected,  and  the 
year  1860  closed  with  the  secession  movement 
under  full  headway. 

1861-1871.  The  climax  of  many  years  of  agi- 
tation came  at  last.  A  call  for  volunteers  re- 
ceived a  hearty  response,  and  Naperville  was  not 
slow  in  responding.  A  complete  record  of  the 
part  taken  by  the  county  is  contained  in  a  his- 
tory published  in  1876. 

A  war  of  any  kind  brings  great  changes.  The 
old  order  of  things  are  disturbed.  Family  ties 
are  severed;  solicitude  for  the  fate  of  the  boys 
intensified,  and  moral  restraints  weakened  if  not 


entirely   removed, 
last. 


However,    the   end   came   at 


After  all  hope  of  regaining  the  county  seat 
had  been  abandoned,  internal  improvements  re- 
ceived attention.  The  public  square  was  planted 
with  trees.  Streets  and  sidewalks  were  graded. 

A  fire  company  and  hand  engine  superseded 
the  bucket-brigade.  A  steamer  followed.  The 
fire  cisterns  went  into  disuse.  They  still  exist, 
but  are  forgotten.  A  brick  and  tile  factory  was 
established,  and  the  location  of  North-Western 
College  secured.  A  new  iron  and  also  a  stone 
bridge  were  built  across  the  river.  Village 
streets  and  public  highways  were  macadamized 
and  our  apparent  loss  proved  to  be  a  real  and 
permanent  blessing  in  disguise. 


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BUILT  BY  GEORGE  LAIRD 
1835 


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THE  NAPERVILLE  OF  TODAY 

Bj)   W.    R.    GOODWIN,   Oakhurst  Farm,  Naperville 

Managing  Editor  The  Breeder's  Gazette,  Chicago 


FOREWORD 


This  materialistic  age  seeks  a  sign 
—the  dollar  sign. 

This  sign  is  measurably  accurate, 
nor  is  it  a  merely  sordid  index.  Xot 
all  achievement  is  adequately  valued 
in  cash,  yet  when  the  accumulations 
of  business  thrift  give  form  to  those 
aspirations  which  lift  human  life  to 
higher  levels,  and  substance  to  the 
dreams  of  beauty  of  an  awakened  soul,  such  ex- 
penditure becomes  the  fixed  reflection  of  the  de- 
velopment of  the  individual  and  the  progress  of 
I  lie  community.  It  is  the  exact  and  indisputable 
measure  of  that  growth,  the  absence  of  which 
inexorably  spells  decay. 

The  apparel  oft  and  almost  always  proclaims 
the  man.  When  thrift  fails  to  beget  tidiness; 
when  affuence  lacks  outward  expression  in  the 
modern  forms  which  visualize  the  apex  of  our 
civilization ;  when  accumulation  wants  those  evi- 
dences which  conspicuously  mark  individual 


culture  and  civic  ideals,  a  community  is  dead  in 
its  indifference,  recreant  to  its  obligations  to  the 
advancing  world,  and  a  blighting  influence  on  its 
young  life  pressing  eagerly  on  toward  the  goals 
of  achieving  endeavor. 

Culture  in  the  individual  is  essential  to  the 
highest  expression  of  community  development. 
The  paths  our  fathers  trod,  resolute  conquerors 
of  pioneer  conditions,  were  circumscribed  by 
natural  obstacles  which  yielded  stubbornly  and 
slowly  to  the  determined  efforts  of  those 
courageous  men  impelled  by  the  Adamic  com- 
mand to  dress  and  keep  the  garden.  Their 
heroic  exploits  will  never  be  sufficiently  cele- 
brated in  stirring  song  or  eloquent  story.  They 
served  well  their  day  and  generation  to  the  glory 
of  God  and  the  gain  of  posterity. 

But  it  was  a  wise  philosopher  of  a  former  age 
who  thanked  God  that  we  were  better  than  our 
fathers.  Xot  greater  in  courage,  devotion  and 
sacrifice,  but  richer  in  ideals,  means  and  oppor- 


tunities.  The  cultural  influences  of  the  past  half 
century,  the  marvelous  mastery  of  elemental 
forces  for  greater  comfort  and  higher  efficien- 
cy, have  produced  in  Naperville,  from  our  herit- 
age from  the  fathers,  a  twentieth  century  people 
measurably  advanced  in  the  arts  of  civilization 
and  its  cultural  manifestations;  insistent  on  the 
immunity  afforded  by  sanitation ;  demanding 
avenues  of  comfortable  transportation  for  that 
easy  intermingling  which  promotes  fellowship 
and  lofty  community  ideals ;  seeking  the  vision 
of  higher  education ;  and  desiring  the  solace  and 
sustenance  of  worship  in  temples  adequately  ex- 
pressive of  man's  fundamental  beliefs  and  holiest 
aspirations. 

These  betterments  in  community  life — ma- 
terial, educational  and  religious — keeping  pace 
with  the  forward  movements  of  the  age,  are 
based  on  an  underlying  industry  and  thrift  in 
business,  and  a  manufacturing  enterprise  which 
has  made  the  name  of  Xaperville  a  matter  of 
national  knowledge. 

This  is  the  Naperville  of  Today. 

To  home-comers,  familiar  with  the  Xaperville 
of  Yesterday,  we  offer  the  sign,  the  unimpeach- 
able proof — an  exposition  of  community  book- 
keeping in  its  approximate  footings. 


MUNICIPAL  IMPROVEMENTS. 


The  introduction  of  public  utilities  about  fif- 
teen years  ago  affords  sharp  demarcation  be- 
tween the  city  of  yesterday  and  today.  The 
dawning  of  the  new  morning  came  when  electric 
light  banished  the  gloom  of  night.  Naperville's 
municipal  light  plant,  now  modern  and  supply- 
ing night  and  day  current  for  illumination  and 
power,  was  followed  in  the  transition  period  by 
the  waterworks  system,  and  these  improve- 
ments, with  their  common  power  plant,  total  in 
cost  around  $150,000.  To  this  is  added  $50,000 
for  sewers  essential  to  the  utilization  of  water- 
works and  a  sanitary  civic  life.  That  the  culture 
and  taste  of  a  community  no  less  than  its  pros- 
perity find  expression  in  the  embellishment  of  its 
utilities  is  revealed  in  the  ornamental  iron  boule- 
vard lights  erected  at  a  cost  of  $5,500,  and  the 
cement  posts  in  the  park  which  cost  $350. 

The  gas  mains  of  the  Western  United  Gas  and 
Electric  Co.  were  laid  through  Xaperville  streets 
a  few  years  ago,  giving  service  both  as  luminant 
and  fuel,  and  adding  the  last  of  metropolitan  con- 
veniences to  suburban  life.  Stores  and  homes 
have  been  largely  equipped  at  considerable  ex- 
pense for  the  utilization  of  this  service. 

Streets  have  already  been  paved  at  an  expendi- 
ture of  nearly  $187,000.  Oiled  macadam  streets 


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in  the  east  residential  districts  account  for  nearly 
$100,000  of  this  amount,  brick  paving  in  the  busi- 
ness center  for  nearly  $74,000,  and  the  begin- 
ning of  concrete  paving  in  the  west  residential 
section  over  $13,000.  Plans  contemplate  the  ex- 
tension of  the  west  side  concrete  paving  and 
drainage  in  1917  at  a  cost  of  $117,000.  The 
foundation  work  has  begun. 

A  Naperville  lifted  out  of  the  mud,  watered 
and  washed  with  an  inexhaustible  deep  well  sup- 
ply, storm-drained  and  sewered  into  a  septic 
tank,  and  brilliantly  lighted  within  and  ablaze 
without,  invites  with  modest  pride  its  former 
residents  to  rejoice  with  it  over  accomplishments 
which  conclusively  entitle  Naperville  to  rank  as 
a  modern  city  of  the  third  class  under  the  Illinois 
statutes. 

Logically  conjoined  with  this  company  of 
modern  improvements  stand  the  contributions  of 
the  Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  Railway  to 
the  new  city.  A  commodious  station,  of  brick 
and  tile  and  impressive  design,  has  replaced  t!1" 
depot  of  civil  war  vintage  at  a  cost  of  $35,000.  A 
subway  at  the  west  end  of  town  eliminates  a 
very  dangerous  grade  crossing  and  leads  north- 
west traffic  safely  from  the  city.  The  cost  was 
$30,000.  Plans  are  drawn  for  a  subway  under 
the  tracks  in  Washington  Street  at  a  cost  of 
$60,000.  The  railroad  company  has  agreed  to 
move  the  freight  house  (the  old  depot)  west  of 


Center  Street,  and  to  retire  further  in  the  back- 
ground the  unsightly  elevator  buildings  on  the 
road's  right  of  way.  These  changes  will  work 
substantial  improvement  about  the  handsome 
station  on  the  north.  Supplementing  it  on  the 
south  side  Burlington  Square,  the  gift  to 
Naperville  from  the  railroad,  will  charm  with  its 
restful  greenery  of  sward  and  shrub  and  tree, 
provided  by  popular  subscription,  and  proclaim 
impressively  to  passers-by  that  the  Naperville  of 
Today  seeks  outwardly  to  exemplify  the  beauty- 
loving  instincts  of  its  cultured  citizens. 

Counting  as  certainties  improvements  now  in 
the  making  and  in  the  maturity  in  plan,  Naper- 
ville challenges  attention  to  a  total  of  ap- 
proximately $635,000  expended  in  the  past  fifteen 
years  in  the  way  of  modern  community  better- 
ments, and  Naperville  has  not  one  cent  of  bonded 
indebtedness. 

And  Naperville  has  not  one  cent  of  bonded  in- 
debtedness. 

In  these  substantial  ways  has  the  spirit  of  the 
new  Naperville  taken  form.  However,  it  is  a 
dull  student  of  community  life  who  would  not 
look  further,  and  deeper,  and  looking  here  he 
would  find : 

SCHOOLS  AND  COLLEGES. 

In  the  betterment  of  educational  facilities  in 
recent  years  $232,000  has  been  spent  in  Naper- 


"KUMMEELOOS" 

HOME  OF  CHARLES  ALBERT  NADELHOFFEK 


ville.  The  main  item  of  around  $105,000  pro- 
vides a  high  school  dedicated  last  fall  which  is 
without  equal  in  any  city  near  Naperville's  rank 
in  the  state.  The  equipment  of  Northwestern 
College,  the  educational  home  of  the  Evangelical 
Church,  has  been  extended  by  the  addition  of  a 
Carnegie  Library  and  a  Science  Hall,  each  at  a 
cost  of  $30,000,  and  a  heating  plant  at  a  cost  of 
$15,000.  The  new  home  of  the  Evangelical 
Theological  Seminary,  maintained  in  affiliation 
with  the  college,  cost  $32,000.  Fire  badly 
damaged  the  parochial  school  of  the  Ss.  Peter 
and  Paul  Catholic  church,  and  it  was  rebuilt  at  a 
cost  of  $27,000. 

HOUSES  OF  WORSHIP. 

Rising  yet  higher  in  our  survey  we  reach  the 
most  significant  clothing  of  a  community  spirit 
—its  church  building.  A  total  of  $133,000,  spent 
within  ten  years,  measures  the  abiding  faith  of 
our  God-fearing  people  in  the  power  of  the 
Gospel  in  life  and  in  death.  It  embodies  their 
militant  Christian  spirit  in  erecting  church 
homes  which  typify  in  their  architecture  the 
ecclesiastic  ideals  of  the  centuries;  it  emphasizes 
their  wisdom  in  equipping  them  for  the  utili- 
zation of  modern  methods  of  church  and  Sunday 


School  work.  The  German  Evangelical  Congre- 
gational Peoples  Church  cost  $3,500.  The  First 
Congregational  Church  was  built  and  equipped 
at  a  cost  of  over  $27,000.  The  Grace  United 
Evangelical  Church,  with  which  the  Salem 
Evangelical  Church  joined,  built  a  new  edifice 
which  cost  with  the  grounds  $35,000.  The  Zion 
Evangelical  Church  (the  "old  Brick  Church") 
drew  unto  itself  the  College  Chapel  Church,  and 
the  twain  became  one  under  the  name  of  the 
First  Evangelical  Church  with  a  new  home  that 
cost  $56,000.  The  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
was  remodeled  at  an  expenditure  of  about  $4,500, 
and  the  Church  of  the  Brethren  has  been  built 
at  a  cost  of  about  $3,000.  Improvements  on  the 
Ss.  Peter  and  Paul  Catholic  Church  have 
amounted  to  at  least  $5,000. 

Conspicuous  among  the  evidences  of  modern- 
ization, and  most  crucially  revealing  the  soul  of 
the  city,  because  of  the  object  and  union  of  effort 
required  for  its  accomplishment,  stands  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  building, 
which  cost  with  the  grounds  $43,000.  Without 
equal  in  its  size  and  equipment  among  the  cities 
of  the  state  materially  exceeding  Naperville  in 
population,  it  typifies  an  abiding  and  illuminat- 
ing interest  in  the  physical  and  spiritual  welfare 
of  its  young  men. 


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BUSINESS  ACTIVITIES. 

All  this  superstructure  of  Naperville's  im- 
provements rests  solidly  on  its  commercial 
activities  and  prosperity.  Its  barometers  are  the 
banks.  The  First  National  Bank  purchased  the 
Phillips  building,  and  remodeled  it  at  an  expendi- 
ture of  $35,000.  Some  years  ago  the  front  of  the 
Reuss  State  Bank  was  rebuilt  at  a  cost  of  $3,000, 
and  another  room  and  a  new  vault  have  been 
added  at  a  cost  of  $10,000.  The  deposits  in  these 
two  banks  total  around  $850,000. 

The  history  of  the  Naperville  Lounge  Factory 
reads  like  a  romance  in  manufacturing.  Its 
operation  gives  basis  to  the  business  prosperity 
of  Naperville.  Established  in  1881  in  Fred 
Long's  little  furniture  shop,  it  finally  came  as  an 
incorporated  company  to  the  occupancy  of  the 
old  skating  rink  in  1893.  The  capital  stock  was 
$4,000.  P.  E.  Kroehler  entered  the  service  of  the 
company  at  that  time  as  secretary,  and  finally  be- 
came the  president,  and  the  company  was  rein- 
corporated  in  1915  as  the  Kroehler  Manufactur- 
ing Co.,  with  a  capital  of  $1,150,000.  Branch 
factories  are  now  maintained  at  Kankakee,  111., 
Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  and  Cleveland,  O.  This 
company  also  operates  the  Kimbell  Bed  Co.,  with 
factories  at  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  New  York 
City,  and  Stratford,  Ont.  About  20  years  ago  a 


small  frame  building  costing  around  $3,000  was 
erected  near  the  depot  for  the  factory,  and  now  a 
brick  building  666  feet  long  and  120  feet  wide, 
covering  two  city  blocks,  is  utilized  for  the  manu- 
facture of  davenports  and  chairs,  the  largest 
factory  in  the  world  devoted  to  the  production 
of  such  furniture.  The  cost  of  its  present  plant 
probably  exceeds  $250,000,  including  the  equip- 
ment of  machinery.  Full-handed  the  factory 
gives  occupation  to  362  men  and  women,  and  its 
pay  roll  distributes  about  $25,000  in  Naperville 
each  month.  Its  annual  output  runs  close 
around  $1,000,000  from  the  home  plant. 

The  co-operative  creamery  of  an  earlier  day 
has  given  place  to  the  butter-making,  ice  cream- 
making  and  ice-making  plant  of  the  Naperville 
Consumer's  Co.,  which  is  capitalized  at  $27,000. 

Five  garages  afford  service  to  an  ever-increas- 
ing number  of  motor  cars,  and  bring  autos  from 
miles  around  for  repairs  and  replenishments. 
One  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $15,000  for  building 
and  grounds,  another  at  a  cost  of  about  $5,000. 
A  brick  livery  stable  has  been  converted  into  a 
garage,  two  store  rooms  have  been  remodeled 
for  similar  use,  and  a  fifth  small  garage  is  open. 

New  store  buildings  have  been  erected,  and 
many  stores  have  been  remodeled  and  made 
modern  in  their  exteriors  and  interiors,  and  the 
cost  of  these  betterments  will  easily  reach 


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HOME  OF  DR.  AND  MRS.  JOHN  A.  BELL 


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HOME  OP  E.  J.  T.  MOYEK 


$45,000.  The  postoffice  has  found  home  in  a  new 
building,  especially  constructed  for  it.  The 
Masonic  Fraternity  has  completed  a  new  temple 
at  a  cost  of  $35,000,  not  included  in  the  estimate 
mentioned.  Store  rooms  and  a  film  theatre  oc- 
cupy the  lower  floor. 

The  stone  quarries  rest  unworked,  but  strik- 
ing growth  in  commercial  specialities  is  evi- 
denced in  the  material  expansion  of  the  Naper- 
ville  Nurseries,  and  the  continued  output  of  the 
Martin  and  von  Oven  tile  and  brick  yard.  On 
the  site  of  the  plow  factory  is  a  manufacturing 
plant  producing  flynets,  cotton  gloves,  woven 
rugs  and  pillows,  and  leather  ankle  supports. 
The  old  cheese  factory  is  now  devoted  to  the  ex- 
traction of  casein  from  curd. 

Linking  the  past  with  the  present  are  the  six 
green  houses  which  supply  the  ever-growing  cut 
flower  and  potted  plant  demand.  From  a  small 
house  near  the  cemetery  in  olden  times  these 
glass-enclosed  plant  propagation  enterprises 
have  somewhat  recently  grown  to  six  in  number, 
and  the  total  investment  runs  to  at  least  $35,000. 
Among  them  is  a  house  devoted  exclusively  to 
the  production  of  the  rare  and  costly  orchids. 

THE  CITY  AND  ITS  GOVERNMENT. 

The  former  home  of  the  First  National  Bank 


was  erected  jointly  by  the  bank  and  the  Masons 
at  a  cost  of  over  $8,000.  It  has  been  purchased 
by  the  corporation  as  a  City  Office,  and  its  sub- 
stantial, dignified  architecture  and  its  con- 
veniences of  arrangement  and  location  serve  the 
city  much  more  adequately  than  the  old  hall, 
over  the  fire  engine  house  and  jail.  Having  di- 
vested itself  in  1913  of  the  antiquated  mode  of 
city  government  by  substituting  the  more  satis- 
factory commission  for  the  common  council,  the 
city  was  well  entitled  to  commemorate  its  ac- 
quisition of  more  economical  and  effective  ma- 
chinery by  the  purchase  of  a  City  Office  which 
distinctly  breathes  the  atmosphere  of  modern 
type  and  equipment. 

Lest  home-comers  fail  to  catch  glimpses  of  ob- 
jects of  old-time  familiarity  the  engine  house  will 
send  into  the  parade  the  famous  old  Joe  Napier 
hand-pump  fire  engine,  survivor  of  the  years  of 
the  city's  younger  age,  and  reminiscent  of  the 
period  when  the  Naperville  volunteer  firemen  re- 
turned victorious  from  tournaments  and  hose- 
coupling  contests. 

As  guardians  against  the  fire  fiend  stand  water 
plugs  on  all  corners  of  the  city  streets,  with  a 
hose  reel  in  the  engine  house,  along  with  an  auto- 
mobile chemical  engine,  the  most  effective  of 
modern  fire-fighting  apparatus.  Three  additional 


hose  reel  stations  are  also  maintained — one  at 
the  lounge  factory,  and  one  in  the  residential 
sections  on  the  east  and  on  the  west  side. 

The  original  city  included  a  little  over  19 
blocks.  Additions  taken  into  the  city  limits  now 
count  up  16  blocks,  and  lying  just  adjacent  on 
the  north  is  a  subdivision  of  9  blocks  toward 
which  the  city  is  growing. 

Naperville's  population  was  returned  by  the 
1900  census  as  2,600.  In  a  decade  it  had  reached 
3,400,  a  gain  of  about  one-third.  A  recent  school 
census  indicates  that  the  population  at  present  is 
about  4,300,  to  which  may  be  added  the  college 
enrollment  of  around  500  students. 

The  modern  spirit  of  co-operation  is  best  typi- 
fied in  the  work  of  the  Xaperville  Association  of 
Commerce  which  has  drawn  together  the  busi- 
ness men  of  the  city  in  team-work  as  never  be- 
fore. With  systematic  division  of  effort  a  num- 
ber of  committees  constantly  strive  to  "Do  It 
For  Naperville."  No  more  significant  exponent 
of  the  spirit  of  the  modern  Naperville  can  be 
found  than  in  the  Committee  on  the  City  Beauti- 
ful. The  home-coming  celebration  is  the  child 
of  the  Naperville  Association  of  Commerce. 

Among  the  cultural  influences  which  seek  pub- 
lic as  well  as  private  benefits  the  Naperville  Wo- 


man's Club  stands  conspicuous.  Its  active  in- 
terest in  the  public  schools  and  in  the  Nichols 
Library  has  annually  found  tangible  expression 
in  substantial  gifts.  School  rooms  have  been 
embellished  by  pictures  and  mural  decorations, 
and  over  $500  has  been  pledged,  and  more  than 
half  paid,  for  the  equipment  of  the  domestic 
science  department  of  the  new  high  school.  An- 
nually the  shelves  of  the  public  library  have  been 
enriched  by  volumes  from  the  club's  treasury. 
Aside  from  the  financial  assistance  rendered,  the 
Naperville  Woman's  Club  has  proved  itself  a 
vital  influence  in  every  movement,  for  the  better- 
ment of  the  community  life  in  its  material  and 
educational  aspects.  The  new  high  school  has 
been  the  especial  object  of  its  endeavor. 

HOME  BUILDING  AND  THE 
SANITORIUM. 

If  exact  figures  were  available  of  the  cost  of 
the  new  homes  and  remodeled  residences  in  the 
past  fifteen  years,  they  would  total  a  sum  which, 
superimposed  upon  the  startling  figures  gathered 
from  the  books,  would  amaze  those  who  have  not 
closely  followed  the  swift  course  of  present-day 
improvement.  A  partial  census,  made  by  a 
block-to-block  count  in  a  motor  car,  finds  at 
least  185  new  homes  erected  at  a  cost  ranging 


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from  $2,000  to  $35,000,  and  conservatively  total- 
ing- $750,000.  Add  to  this  a  most  moderate  esti- 
mate of  $150,000  for  repairs  and  remodeling  and 
we  reach  a  total  of  $900,000. 

The  cost  of  the  many  blocks  of  cement  side- 
walks and  parkways,  garages  and  incidental  im- 
provements, and  the  liberal  expenditures  on 
country  places  adjacent  to  the  city,  bring  this 
total  considerably  above  the  million  mark. 

Outside  the  city  but  an  important  part  of  it, 
materially  and  in  sympathetic  support,  is  the 
Edward  Tuberculosis  Sanitorium,  one  of  the 
most  effective  in  the  country.  Its  grounds  and 
buildings  run  in  total  close  to  $100,000. 

"IS  IT  ANSWERED  YET?" 

Is  this  sign  sufficient— this  total  of  $2,561,000? 
Have  Naperville  people  proved  their  faith  by 
their  works?  Have  those  who  remained  in  the 
old  home,  citizens  of  no  mean  city,  met  the  obli- 


gations of  latter-day   life,   held   pace  with  pro- 
gress, fought  the  good  fight,  kept  the  faith? 

These  mile-stones  of  improvement  mark  the 
evolution  of  Naperville,  the  country  village,  to 
Naperville,  the  city  suburb — the  Naperville  of 
Today. 

THE  SUM  IN  ADDITION. 

Let  us  assemble  this  sum  in  addition,  this  ex- 
position of  a  community's  bookkeeping,  striking- 
ly on  the  page : 
City  and  railroad  improvements.  ..-...$    635,000 

Educational  buildings   232,000 

Churches    134,000 

Banks  and  business  houses 175,000 

Green  houses  35,000 

Lounge  factory   250,000 

Residences    1,000,000 

Edward  Sanitorium    100,000 


$2,561,000 


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BRIEF  STORY  OF  NAPERVILLE  HOME  COMING  MOVEMENT 

ITS  ORIGIN,  ITS  OCCASION,  ITS  OBJECT,  ITS  HEARTY  APPROVAL  BY  THE 
CITIZENS  AND  ITS  PLANS  AND  MEASURES  FOR  SUCCESSFUL  EXECUTION 

B>>  PROF.  H.  H.  RASSWEILER 


The  movement  to  appoint  and  pro- 
mote a  civic  event  of  welcome  to  our 
friends  abroad,  under  the  suggestive 
name  of  a  "Home  Coming  Cele- 
bration," had  its  birth  in  the  deliber- 
ations of  the  Naperville  Association 
of  Commerce.  At  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  that  organization  held  October 
15,  1915,  one  of  its  members  moved 
the  adoption  of  the  following  resolution: 

Resolved,  that  we  appoint  the  first  week  in 
June,  1917,  for  a  Naperville  Home  Coming  Cele- 
bration, and  that  the  Board  of  Directors  of  this 
association  are  hereby  requested  to  devise  all 
necessary  plans  and  measures  in  preparation  for 
this  undertaking. 

The  motion  having  been  duly  seconded,  the 
mover  thereof  presented  in  its  behalf  the  follow- 
ing facts  and  considerations: 


Within  recent  years,  the  progressive  trans- 
formation of  our  city,  along  the  various  lines 
of  civic  improvement,  has  been  such  as  to 
warrant  the  feeling  of  pride  among  the  peo- 
ple within  and  to  challenge  the  attention 
and  admiration  of  the  people  without. 

This  new  area  of  general  municipal  advance- 
ment has  developed  scenes,  conditions  and 
achievements  in  striking  contrast  with  the 
Naperville  of  its  comparatively  non-progres- 
sive and  self-satisfied  earlier  years. 

Naperville,  as  a  residence  community  of 
long  career,  has  given  to  the  outside  world 
hundreds  of  its  sons  and  daughters  and 
former  residents,  all  of  whom,  who  are  liv- 
ing, are  still  affectionately  thoughtful  of  the 
old  home  town  and  are  watching  with 
friendly  interest  its  growth  and  improve- 
ment. 


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4.  These  facts  of  contrast  between  the  old 
Naperville  and  the  new,  as  well  as  the  ap- 
propriateness of  providing  a  public  occasion 
which  will  bring  many  of  our  outside  friends 
face  to  face  with  the  evidences  of  'our  pro- 
gress, suggest  the  fitness  of  an  event  such  as 
is  proposed  in  the  pending  resolution. 

The  motion  being  put  to  vote  was  unani- 
mously carried. 

The  Clarion,  in  reporting  this  annual  meeting 
of  the  Association  of  Commerce,  contained  the 
following  paragraph:  "One  of  the  special  fea- 
tures mentioned  was  a  'Home  Coming  Week'  for 
Naperville.  This  idea  met  with  a  hearty  re- 
sponse from  the  members  present  and  a  tenta- 
tive date  was  fixed  for  the  occasion,  the  first 
week  in  June,  1917.  It  is  expected  that  a  work- 
ing plan  will  be  evolved  shortly  for  a  prelimin- 
ary publicity  campaign,  and  when  our  citizens 
get  a  vision  of  the  possibilities  of  such  a  Home 
Coming,  it  is  confidently  believed  that  everyone 
will  enter  heartily  into  the  spirit  of  the  idea." 

The  Board  of  Directors,  without  delay,  as- 
sumed the  duty  assigned  them  with  reference  to 
the  Home  Coming  event,  the  first  preparatory 
step  taken  being  the  appointment  of  a  General 
or  Executive  Committee  to  have  general  charge 
of  the  celebration,  with  power  to  appoint  all 


special  and  sub-committees  necessary  for  plan- 
ning in  detail  and  successfully  promoting  the 
important  undertaking.  The  following  persons 
were  appointed  as  such  General  Committee, 
namely:  F.  A.  Kendall,  G.  E.  Flemming,  W.  M. 
Givler,  George  Keller,  C.  A.  Nadelhoffer,  H.  H. 
Rassweiler,  J.  A.  Reuss,  J.  A.  Schmidt,  C.  L. 
Schwartz,  Willard  Scott,  Theo.  W.  Smith  and 
Fred  von  Oven.  The  organization  of  this  com- 
mittee resulted  in  the  appointment  of  Mayor  F. 
A.  Kendall  as  Chairman,  Theo.  W.  Smith, 
Secretary,  and  C.  L.  Schwartz,  Treasurer. 

It  was  now  in  order  to  make  a  formal,  initial 
announcement  of  the  undertaking  to  the  people 
of  Naperville  through  the  columns  of  the 
Clarion.  This  was  done  by  the  Publicity  Com- 
mittee in  the  Clarion  issue  of  January  5,  1916. 
This  announcement  was  met  with  hearty  public 
approval  and  such  general  commendation  of  the 
provisional  plan  which  it  outlined  as  to  appear 
prophetic  of  general  co-operation  and  conse- 
quent success  of  the  important  event. 

The  anticipated  query:  Why  project  this  in- 
teresting community  event  so  far  in  the  future? 
was  wisely  answered  in  the  published  "Fore- 
word" as  follows:  To  undertake  it  with  a  degree 
of  care  and  deliberation  in  keeping  with  its  im- 
portance; to  proceed  on  the  principle  that 


thorough  organization  and  preparation  are 
essential  to  thorough  execution;  to  give  the 
project  a  fair  chance  to  grip  the  thought  and  in- 
terest of  our  people;  to  give  plenty  of  oppor- 
tunity for  the  designing  of  all  sorts  of  festival 
plans  and  features;  to  let  generous  schemes  of 
welcome  and  hospitality  grow  in  the  hearts  and 
minds  of  our  citizens;  to  bring  within  the  period 
of  preparation  the  completion  of  important 
building  construction  and  other  important 
decorative  enterprises  now  in  plan  or  in  process ; 
and,  by  no  means  least,  to  have  ample  time  to 
give  the  anticipated  event  the  fullest  possible 
publicity,  both  at  home  and  abroad. 

In  fixing  the  precise  calendar  dates  for  the 
celebration,  on  finding  that  the  College  Com- 
mencement would  occur  in  the  first  week  of 
June,  and  it  being  decidedly  advantageous  to 
bring  the  two  important  events  to  consecutive 
occurrence,  the  three  last  days  of  May  and  the 
first  day  of  June,  1917,  were  named  by  the 
General  Committee  as  the  four  festival  days  of 
the  Home  Coming  week. 

To  insure  a  pleasing  variety  in  the  events  of 
the  four  days'  program,  it  was  decided  to  make 
each  celebration  day  distinct  from  the  others  as 
to  the  nature  of  its  festival  plans  and  features; 
in  other  words,  to  assign  to  each  day  some  repre- 


sentative element  of  our  city  life  and  interests 
as  hosts  and  entertainers.  In  accordance  with 
this  purpose,  the  four  days  were  denominated 
as  follows : 

1.  OLD  CITIZENS'  DAY.     The  sentiment  of 
this  day  and  all  its  entertainment  features  to 
be    made    to    contribute    to    the    honor    and 
pleasure  of  the  "old  folks"  within  and  from 
without  our  city  gates. 

2.  PATRIOTIC    DAY.      This    being    Decor- 
ation day,  Naperville,    with    its  visitors  and 
guests  from  without,  to  go  to  the  limit  of  its 
resources  to    honor    our    war    time  heroes. 
Added  to  the  usual  memorial  ceremonies  of 
the  day,  special  patriotic  events  to  be  pro- 
vided, making  the   day   replete  with   scenes 
appropriate  and  inspiring. 

3.  SCHOOL  AND  CHURCH  DAY.     Follow- 
ing the  first  day  of  events  "rapt  in  reminis- 
cent reverie,"  and  the  second  day  of  patriotic 
sentiment  and  entertainment,  this  third  day 
was  designed  to  bring  to  the  fore  the  genius 
of  our  schools  and  the  spirit  of  our  churches 
in  a  program  of  events  charged  with  the  re- 
sults and  influences  of  "Education  and  Re- 
ligion— the    two    factors    of   a    community's 
life   which   underlie    and    make   possible  all 
true  progress." 


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4.  COMMUNITY  DAY.  The  last  great  day 
of  the  feast,  planned  to  include,  in  the  fore- 
noon, a  complimentary  automobile  tour 
through  the  delightful  June  dressed  streets 
and  avenues  of  our  city;  in  the  afternoon, 
one  of  the  most  elaborately  planned  pag- 
eants that  Naperville  has  ever  produced ;  in 
the  evening,  fireworks,  music  and  five 
minute  addresses  by  men  and  women  from 
at  home  and  abroad — all  for  Naperville — as 
an  appropriate  "round  up"  of  the  festival 
events. 

Quite  early  among  the  interesting  features 
planned  for  the  occasion  was  the  elegant  . 
souvenir  volume,  a  few  of  whose  pages  are  oc-"| 
cupied  by  this  "Brief  Story."  The  preparation 
of  this  charming  memento,  which,  while  costing 
many  hundreds  of  dollars,  would  prove  to  thou- 
sands "a  thing  of  beauty  and  a  joy  forever,"  was 
committed  to  a  strong  committee  representing 
literary  ability,  typographical  experience  and 
artistic  skill.  It  is  in  the  hands  of  the  reader  and 
speaks  for  itself. 

In  the  construction  of  a  judicious  line  up  of 
special  committees,  the  General  Committee 
aimed  to  combine  breadth  of  representation, 
variety  of  judgment,  taste  and  experience,  and 
such  numerical  strength  as  would  permit  distri- 


bution of  duty  to  sub-committee  service.  As 
showing  with  what  care  the  manifold  phases  of 
preparatory  work  have  been  differentiated,  and 
in  justice  to  the  faithful  men  and  women  who  re- 
sponded to  the  call  to  service,  it  is  deemed  proper 
to  give  place  herein  to  the  following  complete 
roster  of  special  committees.  The  first  named  of 
each  committee  is  its  chairman. 

PUBLICITY. 

H.  H.  Rassweiler,  Rev.  A.  E.  Randell,  E.  H. 
Stevens,  Rev.  F.  W.  Umbreit,  John  W.  Collins, 
J.  A.  Reuss  and  W.  M.  Givler. 

INVITATION. 

B.  J.  Slick,  Mrs.  Ada  B.  Collins,  Mrs.  W.  C. 
Simpson,  Mrs.  Ralph  Ballou,  Mrs.  Idelle  Rass- 
weiler, Mrs.  Calvin  Steck,  Miss  Mary  Yender, 
W.  W.  Wickel,  Prof.  A.  C.  Gegenheimer  and 
Fred  von  Oven. 

RECEPTION  AND  HOSPITALITY. 

Willard  Scott,  Mrs.  J.  S.  Goodwin,  Mrs.  W.  C. 
Simpson,  Mrs.  M.  W.  Coultrap,  Mrs.  Geo. 
Wunder,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Ballou,  Mrs.  W.  R.  Good- 
win, Mrs.  Willard  Scott,  Mrs.  J.  A.  Schmidt, 
Mrs.  J.  A.  Bell,  Miss  Emma  Muerner,  Carl 
Broeker,  E.  F.  Stark,  Alexander  Crush,  Wm. 
Knoch,  H.  J.  Durran,  Francis  Granger,  Jos. 
Kochly  and  H.  C.  Williams. 


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HISTORICAL  EXHIBIT  AND 
REST  ROOM. 

Mrs.  W.  B.  Martin,  Mrs.  Alvin  Scott,  Mrs. 
Francis  Granger,  Miss  Matie  Egermann,  T.  W. 
Smith  and  H.  H.  Rassweiler. 

FINANCE. 

Alvin  Scott,  Y.  A.  Dieter,  Prof.  Nonnemaker, 
H.  H.  Peaslee  and  George  Keller. 

PUBLIC  DECORATION. 

J.  W.  Egermann,  Mrs.  Allen  Hoopes,  Mrs. 
Noel  Alspaugh,  W.  W.  Spiegler,  Prof.  G.  B. 
Kimmel,  Samuel  Mather,  Herman  Boecker,  S. 
F.  Baumgartner,  Julian  Voss  and  Wilbur 
Lehman. 

PRIVATE  DECORATION. 

John  A.  Hertel,  Mrs.  B.  C.  Beckman,  Mrs.  J. 
W.  Bauer,  Mrs.  C.  B.  Bowman,  Theo.  W. 
Smith,  R.  N.  Givler  and  Noel  Alspaugh. 

SOUVENIR  BOOK  AND  COLORS. 

Prof.  C.  B.  Bowman,  Mrs.  T-  A.  Hertel,  Mrs. 
J.  A.  Reuss,  C.  H.  Koretke  and  R.  N.  Givler. 

HISTORY. 

D.  B.  Givler,  Mrs.  John  Alspaugh  and  Mrs. 
H.  H.  Peaslee. 


REGISTRATION. 

Miss  Mamie  Thompson,  Miss  Ida  Mottinger 
and  Miss  Mary  Vender. 

COMPLIMENTARY  AUTOMOBILE  TOUR. 

V.  A.  Dieter,  W.  J.  Truitt,  Alvin  Scott,  J.  W. 
Egermann  and  F.  A.  Kendall. 

MESSENGER  BOYS'  SERVICE. 

E.  H.  Stevens,  Albert  R.  Morgan,  Irwin  P. 
Cainan,  Wm.  R.  Friedrich,  Dore  Ester  and 
Winfred  Knoch. 

PAGEANT. 

W.  M.  Givler,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Clancy,  Mrs.  E.  E. 
Miller,  Mrs.  R.  N.  Givler,  Mrs.  T-  G.  Marshall, 
Mrs.  E.  C.  Mitchell,  Miss  Emma  Keller,  F.  L. 
Biester,  Dr.  E.  S.  Fry,  C.  E.  Heydon,  C.  A. 
Nadelhoffer,  A.  K.  Spielberger,  M.  C.  Van  Nor- 
man, B.  C.  Beckman,  T.  F.  Boecker,  Pr'of.  M. 
W.  Coultrap,  A.  D.  Miller,  H.  H.  Peaslee,  Dan 
Stiefbold,  Arthur  Beidelman,  W.  C.  Bomberger, 
Julian  Dieter,  Arthur  Green,  E.  J.  T.  Moyer, 
Julian  Royce,  C.  E.  Stoos,  O.  H.  Reiche,  E.  B. 
Heaton,  Wm.  Sigmund,  H.  C.  Litgens,  Ed.  T. 
Kearns,  Wm.  Knoch,  Carl  Broeker  and  Philip 
Corel. 


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TUESDAY  COMMITTEE. 
(Old  Citizens'  Day.) 

John  A.  Schmidt,  Mrs.  B.  Egermann,  Mrs.  Ida 
Simpson,  Mrs.  Geo.  Frost,  Mrs.  E.  J.  Kneip, 
Mrs.  Mamie  Webster,  Mrs.  Josephine  Kroehler, 
Miss  Emma  von  Oven,  Miss  Bertha  Hammer- 
schmidt,  Francis  Granger,  W.  C.  Hiltenbrand. 
C.  W.  Leffler,  John  Babel,  B.  H.  Myers,  Oliver 
Strubler,  B.  C.  Beckman,  Irving  Goodrich,  O.  E. 
Higgins,  Geo.  Turner  and  Michael  Schwartz. 

WEDNESDAY  COMMITTEE. 
(Patriotic  Day.) 

Dr.  J.  A.  Bell,  Mrs.  Phil  Hammerschmidt, 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Clancy,  Mrs.  M.  C.  Andrus,  Mrs. 
E.  C.  Rickert,  Mrs.  Truman  Myers,  Mrs.  A.  W. 
Glines,  Mrs.  H.  Skelton,  Mrs.  W.  M.  Givler, 
Mrs.  Hattie  Wagner,  Mrs.  E.  Rariden,  Willard 
Scott,  John  Alspaugh,  Levi  Shafer,  E.  C.  Rickert, 
Monroe  Christ,  Jos.  Weismantel,  Walter  Rick- 
ert, Ralph  Ballou  and  E.  C.  Shafer. 

THURSDAY  COMMITTEE. 
(School  and  Church  Day.) 

Rev.  A.  E.  Randell,  Mrs.  D.  Stark,  Miss  Lena 
Egermann,  Miss  Edith  Neitz,  Mrs.  Gertrude 


Mowry,  Miss  Edna  Wunder,  Dr.  E.  E.  Rail, 
Prof.  Kirn,  Prof.  Waterman,  Holt  Sieber,  W. 
M.  Givler,  E.  E.  Miller,  C.  L.  Schwartz,  Prof. 
H.  C.  Smith,  W.  H.  Unger,  Bernard  Dieter,  J. 
A.  Hertel,  Truman  Myers,  Rev.  A.  J.  Boelter, 
Ira  Sollenberger  and  George  Unger. 

FRIDAY  COMMITTEE. 
(Community  Day.) 

THE  GENERAL  COMMITTEE. 

On  July  21,  1916,  the  committee  working  ma- 
chinery having  been  constructed  and  publicly 
announced,  a  grand  meeting  of  all  the  commit- 
tees was  held  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Auditorium. 
In  the  call  for  this  meeting  it  had  been  forecast 
as  a  "ginger  meeting,"  which  prediction  came 
fully  true,  both  in  the  "ginger  talks"  which  ani- 
mated the  proceedings  and  in  the  manifest  high 
tension  of  purpose  to  make  the  proposed  Home 
Coming  the  most  notable  civic  event  in  the  his- 
tory of  Naperville.  Under  such  a  spell  of  en- 
thusiasm the  meeting  adjourned.  At  the  date  of 
this  writing,  each  committee  is  at  work,  in 
pleasant  rivalry  with  all  the  others,  determined 
to  perform  its  specially  delegated  committee 
function  faithfully  and  well. 


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CITY  ADMINISTRATION 


Naperville  became  an  incorporated  Village  in 
the  winter  of  1857.  In  May  1858  at  the  first  elec- 
tion, the  following  officers  were  elected:  Presi- 
dent: Joseph  Naper.  Trustees:  H.  H.  Cody, 
George  Martin,  M.  Hines  and  X.  Egermann. 
Police  Justice:  H.  F.  Vallete.  Constable:  A.  C. 
Graves.  Assessor:  A.  W.  Colt.  Clerk:  C.  M. 
Castle. 

One  hundred  and  seventy  four  votes  were  cast. 

A  petition,  dated  November  14,  1889,  and 
signed  by  52  voters,  the  required  one  eighth  of 
the  total  number  of  voters,  was  presented  to  the 
President  and  Trustees  of  the  Village  of  Naper- 
ville praying  that  the  privilege  be  accorded  the 
citizens  to  vote  on  the  question  of  the  incorpora- 
tion of  the  Village  into  a  City  according  to  Act 
of  Legislature. 

A  vote  of  338  for  and  61  against,  taken  March 
17,  1890,  established  the  City  of  Naperville. 

The  following  April  15,  1890  the  city  officers 
were  elected:  Mayor:  J.  J.  Hunt,  Clerk:  T.  W. 
Saylor,  Treas.:  Alvin  Scott,  Jr.,  Attorney:  H.  H. 
Goodrich.  Aldermen,  1st  Ward:  Levi  S.  Shafer, 


John  Collins,  2nd  Ward:  Joseph  Bapst,  J.  A.  Bell, 
3rd  Ward:  F.  S.  Goetsch,  Holt  Sieber. 

By  order  of  County  Judge  C.  W.  Clark  the 
question  of  Commission  form  of  Government 
was  voted  upon  August  28,  1912,  and  carried  by 
260  for  and  193  against.  At  the  next  general 
election,  April  15,  1913,  the  following  were 
elected :  Mayor :  F.  A.  Kendall,  Commissioners : 
C.  B.  Bowman,  W.  M.  Givler,  W.  €.  Hiltenbrand 
and  C.  L.  Schwartz. 

The  City  officers  at  present  are  the  following: 
Francis  A.  Kendall,  Mayor;  Charles  B.  Bowman, 
Com'r.  Accounts  and  Finances;  Walter  M. 
Givler,  Com'r.  Streets  and  Public  Improvements ; 
Arthur  R.  Beidelman,  Com'r.  Public  Health  and 
Safety;  Charles  F.  Rohr,  Com'r.  Public  Property; 
Albert  J.  Ory,  City  Clerk;  Joseph  A.  Reuss,  City 
Attorney;  Loren  W.  Myers,  City  Treasurer; 
Oliver  W.  Strubler,  City  Collector;  George  G. 
Anderson,  Chief  of  Police;  Otto  H.  Reiche,  Fire 
Marshal;  A.  K.  Spielberger,  Plumbing  Inspector; 
Fred  J.  Postel,  Electrical  Engineer;  Clifton  A. 
Ashley,  Public  Engineer;  Winfred  B.  Martin, 
M.  D.  Health  Officer. 


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CITY  COLLECTOR  PLUMBING  INSPECTOR 

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FIRE  DEPARTMENT 


After  the  fire  of  July  6,  1874,  when  the  New 
York  House  burned,  the  need  of  some  kind  of 
fire  protection  was  recognized  and  on  August 
8,  of  that  year  the  village  council  appointed  C. 
W.  Richmond,  Willarcl  Scott,  Jr.,  and  Nicholas 
Yack  as  "a  committee  to  purchase  a  fire  engine 
and  equipments  for  the  use  of  the  corporation," 
and  on  December  12,  this  committee  reported 
to  the  council  that  they  had  purchased  one  hand 
engine,  one  hose  cart,  700  feet  of  hose  and  other 
equipment  at  a  cost  of  $1,752.50.  Volunteer 
companies  had  previously  been  organized  to 
operate  the  apparatus  and  on  November  21st, 
Willard  Scott,  Jr.,  was  appointed  fire  marshal  by 
the  council. 

Then  came  the  memorable  fire  of  the  early 
morning  of  Friday,  December  18,  1874,  when 
the  post  office,  express  office  and  other  buildings 
burned.  The  department  did  noble  service  at 
this,  its  first  fire,  for  which  it  was  given  a  vote  of 
thanks  by  the  village  council  at  a  special  meeting 
held  the  next  day. 

On  December  26,  B.  B.  Boecker  was  ap- 
pointed assistant  fire  marshal.  January  2,  1875, 


an  ordinance  providing  for  the  government  of 
the  fire  department  was  passed  by  the  village 
council  and  on  February  13,  the  following 
named  persons  were  duly  accepted  by  the  coun- 
cil as  members  of  the  department: 

Engine  Company  No.  1  ("J°e  Naper"). 

Daniel  Garst,  Foreman. 

Nicholas  Yack,  1st  Ass't.  Foreman. 

Robert  W.  Sheldon,  2d  Ass't.  Foreman. 

M.  Weismantel,  Secretary. 

Xavier  Adams,  Theodore  Beckman,  Louis 
Bapst,  Sebastian  Bauer,  Benj.  L.  Beidelman, 
John  Beirsh,  Adam  Conrad,  Geo.  Daniels, 
Walter  Daniels,  Jos.  Egermann,  John  Fisher, 
Fred  Fuchs,  Geo.  Fortman,  Henry  Heim,  Jacob 
Heim,  Jos.  Hiltenbrand,  Xavier  Kreyder,  John 
Kreger,  Christ  Koepley,  John  Kropp,  Martin 
Lehman,  D.  F.  Long,  Daniel  Miley,  Ferdinand 
Miller,  Chas.  Nadelhoffer,  Horace  Peaslee,  John 
Pfister,  Louis  Reich,  Geo.  Reuss,  Samuel  Yundt, 
Sylvester  Beidelman. 

Hose  Company  No.  1  ("Naperville"). 
A.  McS.  S.  Riddler,  Foreman. 
Peter  Bapst,  Ass't.  Foreman. 


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O.  J.  Wright,  Secretary. 

Geo.  Potter,  Treasurer. 

Lewis  Ellsworth,  Jr.,  Jacob  Keller,  Jr.,  Geo. 
Ehrhardt,  Jr.,  Henry  Germann,  John  Collins, 
Augustus  Schwein,  Hoi.  Sieber,  Albert  Yost,  W. 
G.  Anthony,  James  Kenclig,  Samuel  Kendig, 
Thos.  Costello,  Wm.  Riddler. 

September  17,  1875,  the  village  council 
authorized  the  purchase  of  a  hook  and  ladder 
truck  and  on  September  29,  an  organization 
was  formed  under  the  name  of  "Rescue"  Hook 
and  Ladder  Co.  No.  1,  the  following  named  per- 
sons being  accepted  by  the  council  as  members 
of  the  same  on  October  1st: 

Wm.  Naper,  Foreman. 

V.  A.  Dieter,  Assistant  Foreman. 

J.  H.  Alexander,  Secretary. 

M.  B.  Hosier,  Treasurer. 

Chas.  Boettger,  Danl.  Strubler,  Levi  Gerberich, 
Jos.  Kochly,  D.  B.  Givler,  Ed.  Stover,  E.  W. 
Krimbal,  Wm.  Barber,  Eli  H.  Ditzler. 

October  22,  additional  members  were  ac- 
cepted by  the  council  as  follows:  Thos.  W. 
Saylor,  Mathias  Stevens,  Alfred  Shafer,  Fred 
Long,  Al.  J.  Strouse,  Frank  Hunt,  Henry 
Youngheim. 


D.  B.  Givler,  E.  W.  Krimbal  and  M.  Stevens 
having  resigned,  Ed.  Arter,  Dr.  J.  H.  Chew  and 
Wm.  P.  Wright  were  accepted  in  their  stead  by 
the  council,  January  5,  1876. 

September,  1881,  the  Joe  Naper  Engine  Co. 
No.  1  was  disbanded  by  the  village  council  and 
a  new  company  organized,  which  in  turn  was 
disbanded  by  the  council  in  May,  1882,  when  a 
company  was  formed  which  served  until  the  vil- 
lage purchased  a  steam  engine  in  1887.  A  com- 
pany known  as  Enterprise  Engine  Co.  No.  2  was 
then  organized  to  operate  the  steam  engine  and 
another  "Joe  Naper  Engine  Co.  No.  1"  was 
formed,  but  disbanded  a  year  or  two  later.  After 
the  city  water  system  was  installed  in  1904,  the 
steam  fire-engine  was  disposed  of,  Enterprise 
Engine  Co.  No.  2  and  Hose  Co.  No.  1  disbanded, 
and  four  hose  companies  organized  in  their  stead 
with  stations  located  in  different  parts  of  the 
city,  the  companies  being  suitably  equipped. 
Rescue  Hook  and  Ladder  Co.  No.  1  is  the  only 
company  that  has  kept  its  organization  intact 
since  the  early  days  of  the  department  and  is 
now  known  officially  as  Company  No.  5. 

The  authorized  number  of  members  of  the 
various  companies  of  the  department  as  now  con- 
stituted is  as  follows:  Co.  No.  1,  Central  Station, 
10  men;  Co.  No.  2,  West  Side  Station,  4  men; 
Co.  No.  3,  East  Side  Station,  4  men;  Co.  No.  4, 


North  Side  Station,  7  men;  Co.  No.  5,  Central 
Station,  10  men. 

In  1916,  Company  No.  1  was  equipped  with  an 
up-to-date  combination  hose  and  chemical  auto 
truck.  The  department  is  able  and  competent 
and  many  of  its  members  have  been  long  in  the 
service,  thus  showing  their  devotion  to  the 
cause  and  making  for  efficiency. 

In  the  early  nineties  the  department  joined  the 
Illinois  State  Firemen's  Association  and  pro- 
ceeded to  participate  in  the  state  tournaments 
held  under  the  auspices  of  that  organization 
which  eventually  resulted  in  the  winning  of  the 
state  championship  for  hose  team,  single  coupl- 
ing (by  C.  Boettger),  and  novelty  coupling  (by 
C.  Boettger  and  W.  Willis).  The  hose  champion- 
ship was  won  at  Decatur  in  1898,  at  Pekin  in 
1899  and  at  LaSalle  in  1900. 

Among  those  who  have  served  as  fire  marshals 
are  the  following:  Willard  Scott,  B.  B.  Boecker, 
James  J.  Hunt,  A.  McS.  S.  Riddler,  Joseph  Eger- 
mann,  Joseph  Kochly,  Wm.  G.  Sieber,  Frank  S. 
Goetsch,  Charles  Boettger  and  Henry  E.  Saylor. 
The  present  incumbent,  Otto  H.  Reiche,  has  held 
the  office  since  1907. 


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METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH 


METHODIST   EPISCOPAL  CHURCH 

REV.  W.  W.  DIEHL,  Pastor 

Stephen  R.  Beggs  was  the  first 
Methodist  preacher  officially  sta- 
tioned at  Naperville.  He  was  ap- 
pointed in  the  fall  of  1833.  His 
circuit  had  twelve  preaching  places 
and  extended  as  far  south  as  Joliet 
and  as  far  west  as  Ottawa.  In 
1836,  the  DuPage  Circuit,  embrac- 
ing Naperville,  was  in  charge  of 
one  preacher.  This  circuit  was  bounded 
on  the  north  by  the  Wisconsin  state  line, 
on  the  east  by  Lake  Michigan,  excepting 
.Chicago,  on  the  south  by  the  DuPage  River  and 
on  the  west  by  the  Fox  River.  In  1846,  a  board 
of  trustees  was  appointed  in  Naperville.  The 
members  of  this  board  were  Joel  Ellis,  John 
Rahm,  Hamilton  Daniels,  Alexander  Under- 
wood, Eli  Rich,  Samuel  Anderson,  Aylmer 
Keith,  Joseph  Granger,  and  Hiram  Bristol.  The 
same  year  the  site  of  the  present  church  structure 
was  bought  at  one  hundred  and  twenty  dol- 
lars. A  small  frame  structure  was  completed  be- 
fore fall. 

The  Methodist  Church  Society  has  been 
served  by  fifty-seven  different  pastors.  Two  dif- 
ferent church  structures  and  two  different  par- 
sonages have  been  erected. 


GRACE  UNITED  EVANGELICAL  CHURCH 

REV.  J.  H.  KEAGEL,  Pastor 

Grace  Church  was  organized  in 
1890.  Scott's  Hall  served  as  its 
temporary  place  of  worship  until 
the  completion  of  its  first  church 
building,  at  Loomis  Street  and 
Benton  Avenue,  in  March,  1891. 
Flourishing  from  the  beginnig,  the 
congregation  outgrew  its  modest 
first  church  home,  and,  under  the 
pastorate  of  Rev.  E.  S.  Woodring,  planned 
and  prepared  for  the  erection  of  a  more 
commodious  structure.  In  1909,  under  the 
oastorate  of  Rev.  John  Divan,  the  new  edifice 
was  built  at  a  site  and  building  cost  of  $35,000. 
A  beautiful  pipe  organ  was  installed  in  1916  at  a 
cost  of  $2,500.  Grace  Church  is  advantageously 
situated  in  the  center  of  the  city,  near  Central 
Park  on  the  corner  of  Front  and  Liberty  streets. 
Its  equipment  for  modern  church  work  in  all  de- 
partments is  thoroughly  up  to  date.  The  Sun- 
day School  is  noted  as  a  model  in  organization 
and  efficiency.  Pastors  who  have  served  Grace 
Church  to  date  are:  E.  K.  Yeakel,  J.  I-  Klopp, 
William  Caton,  S.  F.  Entorf,  W.  H.  Fouke,  E.  S. 
Woodring,  John  Divan,  L.  C.  Schmidt,  C.  G. 
Unangst  and  J.  H.  Keagle. 


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FIKST  CONGREGATIONAL  CHUKCH 


FIRST  CONGREGATIONAL  CHURCH 

REV.  ALFRED  E.  RANDELL,  Pastor 

This  Church,  the  second  oldest 
Congregational  Church  organized 
in  Illinois,  came  into  being  on  July 
13,  1833,  under  the  leadership  of 
Rev.  N.  C.  Clark.  The  minutes  of 
those  early  meetings  disclose  the 
use  of  Presbyterian  nomenclature 
regarding  polity,  but  in  the  second 
year  of  its  history,  the  Church  com- 
mitted itself  to  Congregationalism. 

The  first  building,  erected  upon  lots  which 
were  the  gift  of  Morris  Sleight,  was  begun  in 
1846,  completed  in  January  1847,  and  re- 
modelled and  enlarged  in  1896.  During  the 
pastorate  of  Dr.  Peebles,  this  frame  building 
was  replaced  by  the  present  stone  structure  of 
Gothic  architecture,  erected  in  1906  at  a  cost  of 
$27,000.  The  equipment  is  modern  and  com- 
plete. The  Austin  pipe-organ  was  the  gift  of  Mr. 
T.  P.  Phillips.  A  new  steam  heating  plant  was 
installed  in  1916. 

Rev.  Alfred  E.  Randell  is  the  twentieth  Pastor 
to  serve  this  Church.  To  Rev.  Hope  Brown  be- 
longs the  honor  of  the  longest  pastorate.  Rev. 
J.  C.  Myers  comes  next  with  nine  years,  Rev.  H. 
V.  Tull,  eight,  and  Rev.  George  Peebles,  seven. 


FIRST  EVANGELICAL  CHURCH 

REV.  A.'J.  BOELTER,  Pastor 

The  First  Church,  for  many 
years,  known  as  Zion  Evangelical 
Church,  is  nearly  if  not  quite  the 
oldest  church  in  Naperville,  having 
been  organized  early  in  1837.  Rev. 
Jacob  Boas,  from  Ohio,  preached 
the  first  Evangelical  sermon  in 
Naperville  in  June,  1837.  In  1841, 
the  first  church  building  was 
erected  on  a  lot  donated  by  Captain  Naper.  In 
1845,  the  congregation  had  grown  so  large  that 
they  had  to  build  a  larger  church.  In  1858-59, 
the  famous  "Brick  Church"  was  erected  and 
dedicated  by  Rev.  (afterwards  Bishop)  J.  J. 
Esher. 

In  1870,  when  North-Western  College  was 
located  in  Naperville,  a  second  congregation 
worshipping  in  the  College  building  was  or- 
ganized. These  two  congregations  were  amal- 
gamated in  1910,  when  the  old  "Brick"  made  way 
for  the  present  stately  and  commodious  struc- 
ture, erected  at  a  cost  of  $56,000  under  the 
pastorate  of  the  Rev.  W.  A.  Schutte,  and  dedi- 
cated in  February,  1912,  by  Bishop  S.  P.  Spreng, 
D.D.,  assisted  by  President,  now  Bishop,  L.  H. 
Seager,  D.D. 


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REV.  B.  J.  SCHUETTE,  Pastor 


This  congregation  had  its  in- 
ception in  the  early  thirties  of  the 
last  century,  when  the  spiritual 
needs  of  the  few  scattered  Catholic 
families  in  this  vicinity  were  at- 
tended to  at  intervals  by  traveling 
missionaries,  sent  by  the  Bishops 
of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  Vincennes, 
Ind.  Services  during  these  early 
times  were  held  in  the  house  of  some  Catholic 
family.  In  1846  it  was  found  necessary  to 
build  a  church  and  a  permanent  congregation 
with  a  resident  priest  was  established,  the  Rev. 
Raphael  Rainaldi  being  its  first  pastor.  It  is  the 
oldest  Catholic  parish  in  DuPage  County. 

The  present  church  edifice  was  begun  in  1864 
under  the  pastorate  of  the  Rev.  Father  Fischer 
and  was  re-constructed  to  its  present  condition  in 
1876  while  the  Rev.  William  De  la  Porte  was 
pastor.  The  total  cost  of  the  church,  both  origi- 
nal and  for  its  re-construction,  was  about  $40,000, 
exclusive  of  the  cost  of  the  organ,  altars  and  in- 
terior furnishings  and  decoration. 


During  the  time  the  late  Rev.  August  Wenker 
was  pastor  from  1878  to  his  death  in  1911,  many 
noticeable  improvements  were  made  in  the 
church  and  its  property.  The  present  altars  and 
alter  rail  were  installed  and  the  church  received 
its  first  stained  glass  windows.  The  magnificent 
rectory  was  also  added  at  a  cost  of  $12.000. 

The  parish  has  besides  its  church  edifice  and 
rectory,  a  Parochial  school  and  a  cemetery, 
(briefly  mentioned  elsewhere  herein),  and  a 
brick  residence  occupied  by  the  Sisters  who  act 
as  teachers  in  the  school. 

In  1911  the  present  pastor,  the  Rev.  Bernard 
J.  Schuette,  was  appointed  and  the  growth  of  the 
parish  made  necessary  the  appointment  of  an 
assistant  in  1912.  The  Rev.  Herman  J.  Ezell  is 
assistant  at  the  present  time. 

The  parish  has  a  membership  of  about  330 
families.  About  half  of  these  live  on  farms  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  City;  the  others,  residents  of 
Naperville,  are  merchants,  artisans,  professional 
men,  etc. 


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ST.  JOHNS  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH 

REV.  A.  E.  COLE,  Pastor 

The  first  services  of  this  church 
were  held  in  Naperville,  on  Friday, 
November  16,  1838,  when  the  Rev. 
Andrew  H.  Cornish,  rector  of 
Christ  Church,  Joliet,  said  evening 
prayer  and  preached.  The  first 
Episcopal  visitation  was  made  by 
the  Rt.  Rev.  Philander  Chase, 
D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  diocese,  May 
27,  1839. 

A  parish  organization  was  officially  effected  on 
January  22,  1850,  under  the  name  and  title  of  the 
Parish  of  St.  John's  Church.  Capt.  Morris 
Sleight  presented  ground  for  a  church  building 
in  1864;  on  June  1,  of  that  year,  the  corner  stone 
was  laid  ;  on  January  1,  1865,  the  church  was  open 
for  the  first  service,  and  on  April  24,  of  the  same 
year,  the  consecration  services  were  held, 
Bishop  Whitehouse  officiating.  In  1867  Mrs. 
Delcar  Sleight  donated  a  lot  for  a  rectory,  which 
was  built  in  1870.  The  church  was  enlarged  in 
1878  to  its  present  proportions.  The  women  of 
the  parish  at  present  maintain  two  societies,  the 
Women's  Auxiliary  and  St.  John's  Guild.  Rev. 
W.  H.  Hyham  is  priest  in  charge  and  Rev.  A. 
Ellison  Cole,  assistant. 


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ST.  JOHN'S  EV.  LUTHERAN  CHURCH 

REV.  F.  KLINGEBERGER,  Pastor 


Organized  in  1858  with  twenty 
members  this  church  has  been 
maintaining  a  flourishing  congre- 
gation, adding  to  its  members  and 
usefullness.  The  original  church 
building  was  enlarged  and  im- 
proved in  1871.  It  is  located  on 
Van  Buren  Avenue. 


GERMAN  EVANGELICAL  PEOPLE'S  CHURCH 

REV.  A.  HUELSTER,  Pastor 

Located  on  Washington  Street 
near  Franklin  Avenue,  this  church 
was  founded  and  organized  Janu- 
ary 3,  1898,  the  first  pastor  having 
been  Rev.  Wm.  Klar.  Adjoining 
the  church  edifice  is  the  parsonage, 
the  entire  property  being  worth 
$10,000. 

The  membership  has  been  well  sustained. 
Baptism,  faith  in  the  Holy  Scriptures,  acceptance 
of  the  creed  and  the  interpretation  according  to 


Luther's  Catechism,  the  Augustana  confesssion 
and  the  Heidelberg  Catechism  are  the  require- 
ments for  membership. 

A  Pastor  is  called  by  the  congregation  and 
serves  an  indefinite  length  of  time.  A  board  of 
trustees,  also  deacons,  assist  the  administration. 

THE  CHURCH  OF  THE   BRETHREN    <Dunkark> 

C.  C.  KINDY.  Pastor 

Organized  about  1856  with  some 
fifteen  members,  the  first  church 
was  built  on  John  Erb's  farm  lY? 
miles  north  of  Naperville.  In  1908 
the  church  on  Benton  Avenue  was 
built. 

Some     of     the     ministers     were 
Samuel     Lehman,     C.     F.     Martin, 
Jacob   Sollenberger,    John    Hollin- 
ger,  Simon  Yundt,  Doris  Voorman  and  Harvey 
Barkdoll.     Since  the  church  has  been  located  in 
Naperville,  Aaron  Sollenberger,    I.    C.    Snavely, 
and  I.  R.  Beery  have  served.    The  present  pastor 
assumed  charge  Sept.  1915    and    is    assisted    by 
Elder  H.  B.  Barkdoll  and  Rev.  Ira  Sollenberger. 


NAPERVILLE 


YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION 


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THE  NICHOLS  LIBEAKY 


YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION 

E.  H.  STEVEMS,  General  Secretar? 

A  representative  group  of  men 
from  all  denominations  met  at 
Scott's  Hall  on  March  27,  1909  and 
resolved  to  make  provision  for  the 
social,  physical,  mental  and  spirit- 
ual needs  of  its  young  men  and  boys 
and  to  furnish  an  interdenomina- 
tional field  of  service  by  organizing 
a  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  erecting  a  perma- 
nent building.  The  corner  stone  for  the  $40,000 
modern  city  association  building,  which  now 
houses  a  membership  of  571,  was  laid  on  May  30, 
1910  and  the  dedication  service  held  Sunday, 
March  26,  1911. 

The  officers  of  the  Association  are:  E.  J.  T. 
Moyer,  president;  T.  W.  Smith,  secretary;  F.  A. 
Kendall,  treasurer,  and  the  following  directors : 

A.  H.  Beidelman,  Prof.  C.  B.  Bowman,  W.  M. 
Givler,  Irving  Goodrich,  Dr.  G.  J.  Kirn,  Dr.  W. 

B.  Martin,  B.  J.  Slick,  and  H.  H.  Strubler. 

O.  W.  Foberg,  the  first  general  secretary, 
served  for  two  years,  W.  C.  Taylor  served  for 
four  years  and  the  present  incumbent,  E.  H. 
Stevens,  came  to  Naperville  in  May  1916.  Trwin 
P.  Cainan  is  the  physical  director. 


THE  NICHOLS  LIBRARY 

MARY   BARBARA   EGERMANN,   Librarian  and  Secretary 

The  Nichols  Library,  one  of  the  finest  public 
libraries  in  DuPage  County,  was  made  possible 
by  the  beneficence  of  one  of  our  towns-men,  the 
late  Prof.  J.  L.  Nichols.  The  bequest,  amount- 
ing to  $10,000,  was  paid  to  the  City  of  Naper- 
ville,  August,  1897.  An  appropriation  from  the 
city  secured  the  site,  centrally  located,  with 
spacious  lawns,  on  Washington  St.,  adjoining 
the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  Central  Park. 

The  building  is  constructed  of  Naperville  stone 
for  basement  and  trimmings,  with  super- 
structure of  (yellow)  pressed  brick,  and  a  slate 
roof.  Interior  and  furnishings  in  first  grade 
light  oak.  It  comprises  a  reading  room,  lobby, 
library  with  nineteen  bookstacks  and  balcony, 
one  committee  room,  one  reference  room,  two 
lavatories,  and  a  museum  on  the  second  floor. 

The  dedicatory  exercises  were  held  June  29, 
1898.  About  September  1st,  the  building  was 
completed,  and  formally  opened  to  the  public  on 
Thursday  evening,  September  22nd.  About  500 
volumes  had  been  purchased  and  200  donated. 
These,  with  a  number  of  periodicals,  formed  the 
nucleus  of  our  public  library,  which  today  num- 
bers 5,500  volumes,  and  60  of  the  best  periodicals 
on  its  tables,  and  has  an  annual  circulation  of 
more  than  15,000  books. 


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In  October,  1912,  the  librarian,  Miss  M.  B. 
Egermann,  opened  the  museum  department, 
which,  today,  exhibits  rare  old  treasures  of 
Naperville's  pioneers  and  other  specimens  of  his- 
torical and  general  interest. 

The  library  is  maintained  by  public  tax.  The 
management  is  vested  in  a  Board  of  nine  Direct- 
ors, three  being  appointed  each  year  by  the  City 
Council.  The  first  Board  was  appointed  May  21, 
1897:  Pres.  Dr.  J.  A.  Bell,  Vice-Pres.,  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth Nichols  Simpson,  Sec'y-  D.  C.  Wallace,  Prof. 
H.  H.  Rassweiler,  H.  H.  Goodrich,  Sam'l.  E. 
Ranck,  Holt.  L.  Sieber,  C.  L.  Schwartz,  Peter 
Butler.  Others  who  have  served  as  di- 
rectors: Jos.  Bapst,  V.  A.  Dieter,  W.  W.  Wickel, 
Thos.  Betts,  Sr.,  Prof.  R.  F.  Bunnel,  Mrs.  Alice 
Gibson,  Prof.  G.  Nauman,  Prof.  F.  A.  Kendall, 
Mrs.  J.  Niederhauser,  S.  E.  Ranck,  Prof.  G.  C. 
Butler  and  Prof.  F.  W.  Cole.  The  present  board: 
B.  J.  Slick.  Pres.,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Nichols  Simp- 
son, Vice-Pres.,  Miss  M.  B.  Egermann,  Sec'y. 


and  Librarian,  Olive  Kendall,  Ass't.,  Willard 
Scott,  H.  J.  Durran,  Theo.  F.  Boecker,  Sr.,  Mrs. 
Ruth  Sheldon,  Miss  V.  B.  Graham,  Prof.  G.  J. 
Kirn  and  Prof.  O.  A.  Watermann. 

Miss  E.  Goss,  of  Morgan  Park,  as  temporary 
librarian,  catalogued  the  first  books  according  to 
the  Dewey  system,  with  Mrs.  H.  D.  Alspaugh,  as 
librarian,  who  served  until  August,  1905,  to  be 
succeeded  by  Mrs.  J.  Niederhauser,  who  re- 
signed in  October,  1907,  when  Miss  R.  Barnard 
took  the  place  as  secretary  and  librarian.  Upon 
her  resignation,  Miss  M.  B.  Egermann  received 
the  appointment,  May  1,  1909,  continuing  in  the 
service  since  that  date. 

The  beautiful  building,  bearing  over  its  portals 
the  title  in  gold  letters,  "THE  NICHOLS 
LIBRARY,"  stands  as  a  monument  to  the 
donor,  keeping  his  name  and  fame  in  perpetual 
remembrance,  adding  honor  to  "our  Naperville" 
and  prestige  to  DuPage  County. 


BOARD  ^DIRECTORS 


MAI  W.  SCOTT 


HENRY  J.DURRAN 


MRS.  NICHOL5-5IMPSON 
VICE-PRESIDENT 


PROF:  G.IKIRN 


T.F.  BOECKER 


MISS  M.  B.  EGERMANN 
SEC'Y  &  LIBRARIAN 


MISS  OLIVE  KENDALL 
ASS'T  LIBRARIAN 


MRS,  RUTH  SHELDON 


NAPERVILLE. 


OFFICERS 


FRED  VON  OVEN  — PRES 


W.M.GIVLER 
TREAS. 


ALVIN  SCOTT 
SECY. 


VADIETER— V.PRES. 


FREDERICK  W.  vonOVEN,  President 
VALENTINE   A.  DIETER,  Vice  President 


ALVIN  SCOTT,  Secretary 
WALTER  M.  GIVLER,  Treasurer 


NAPERVILLE  ASSOCIATION  OF  COMMERCE 


DIRECTORS. 
John  A.  Schmidt  ...................  Chairman 

Theodore  W.  Smith  ........  Francis  A.  Kendall 

Joseph  A.  Reuss  .............  George  A.  Keller 

Henry  H.  Rassweiler  ____  Charles  A  Nadelhoffer 

George  E.  Flemming  ......  Charles  L.  Schwartz 

CHAIRMEN  OF  COMMITTEES. 
Railroad  ..................  Francis  A.  Kendall 

Streets  and  Highways.  .Frederick  W.  von  Oven 
Location    .  ....  ...................  Alvin   Scott 

Employment  ...............  E.  Harold  Stevens 

Advertising   ..............  Valentine  A.  Dieter 

Statistics  ...............  .  .Charles  B.  Bowman 

Public  Improvement  ......  Bernard  C.  Beckman 

Entertainment  ...............  Julian  M.  Dieter 

Membership  ...................  Henry  Litgins 

City  Beautiful  ............  John  W.  Egermann 

The  Naperville  Association  of  Commerce,  with 
barely  fifty  members,  was  formed  July,  1913  for 
the  express  purpose  of  encouraging  enterprises, 


resources  and  growth  of  Naperville.  During  the 
past  four  years  through  its  active  contact  with 
the  necessities  of  our  community,  and  co-oper- 
ation  with  the  city  and  county  authorities  the 
following  notable  results  have  been  accom- 
plished: 

The  location  and  development  of  state  aid 
roads  and  good  roads  movement  in  general; 

The  construction  of  sub-ways  under  the  Chi- 
cago  Burlington  &  Qumcy  Railroad  tracks  at 
Mill  and  Washington  streets  ; 

Procuring  the  site  for  Burlington  Square  as  a 
station  park  as  well  as  other  property  for  park 
purposes  and  the  beautification  of  same; 

Extensions  in  permanent  ornamental  post 
street  lighting  systems;  better  telephone,  mail 
ancj  train  service  and  improvements  for  indus- 
trial  developments  ; 

Originators  and  backers  of  the  1917  Home 
Coming. 


MILL  STHIOET  SUWVAY 


BURLINGTON  SQUARE 


WOMAN'S  CHRISTIAN  TEMPERANCE 
UNION 


THE  EVANGELICAL  THEOLOGICAL 
SEMINARY 


On  September  the  20th  1883,  at  a  Convention 
of  the  temperance  workers  of  Du  Page  County 
held  in  the  Congregational  Church,  the  Naper- 
ville  Union  was  organized. 

This  organization  is  "a  body  of  Christian 
women,  pledged  total  abstainers,  banded  to- 
gether for  the  protection  of  the  home,  the  pro- 
motion of  purity,  the  destruction  of  the  liquor 
traffic,  and  the  final  triumph  of  the  principles  of 
Christ  in  the  world. 

Among  its  foremost  activities  have  been  the 
Demerest  Temperance  Medal  Contests;  quarter- 
ly union  gospel  temperance  services  addressed  by 
Francis  E.  Willard,  Col.  George  G.  Bain,  and 
others  of  national  fame ;  participation  in  the 
"Temperance  Parade"  of  500  women  and  chil- 
dren for  a  dry  Naperville,  April  20,  1908;  a 
$250.00  memorial  room  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  to 
Mrs.  Nancy  Knickerbocker;  and  a  drinking  foun- 
tain in  the  city  park. 


Acting  upon  a  statement  of  the  General  Con- 
ference of  the  Evangelical  Association  in  1867 
favorable  to  theological  training,  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  North-Western  College  in  1873 
formally  organized  and  incorporated  Union 
Bibical  Institute  and  planned  for  an  endowment 
of  $100,000.00. 

Bishop  J.  J.  Esher  the  first  Principal  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Bishop  Reuben  Yeakel,  who  also  oc- 
cupied the  chair  of  Doctrinal  Theology.  Fol- 
lowing Bishop  Yeakel,  Bishop  Thomas  Bowman 
was  placed  at  the  head  of  the  institution  for  17 
years,  while  Prof.  S.  L.  Unibach  served  as  active 
Principal. 

In  1909  the  Board  of  Trustees  changed  the 
name  to  The  Evangelical  Theological  Seminary, 
and  in  1912  created  the  title  of  President,  calling 
Rev.  S.  J.  Gamertsfelder,  D.D.,  Ph.D.,  to  this 
position.  In  1912  a  beautiful  and  substantial 
building  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $32,000. 

The  benefits  to  the  kingdom  of  Christ  from 
this  institution  extend  far  and  wide.  Annually 
a  goodly  number  of  young  men  graduate  and  go 
forth  to  preach  the  Gospel  of  the  Son  of  God. 


EVANGELICAL  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 


NORTHWESTERN  COLLEGE 


Founded  in   1861 


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Inspired  by  a  desire  to  provide  a  higher  Christ- 
ian education  for  their  youth,  four  conferences  of 
the  Evangelical  Association,  Illinois,  Wisconsin, 
Indiana  and  Iowa,  established  Plainfield  College 
at  Plainfield,  Illinois,  in  April,  1861.  In  1864,  the 
name  was  changed  to  North-Western  College 
and  an  endowment  fund  of  $50,000  was  com- 
pleted. The  first  class  graduated  in  1867. 

In  1870,  the  college  moved  to  Naperville  on  ac- 
count of  better  railroad  facilities  and  the  very 
generous  donation  of  an  8-acre  campus  and 
$25,000  in  cash.  An  excellent  building  (part  of 
the  present  Main  Building)  was  erected.  The 
first  year  the  enrollment  was  256,  the  fifth  year, 
416.  ^ 

The  first  president  of  North-Western  College, 
Augustine  A.  Smith,  served  from  1862-1884,  a 
notable  administration  of  over  22  years.  He  was 
followed  by  President  H.  H.  Rassweiler,  who 
served  very  efficiently  from  1884-1888.  His  suc- 
cessor, Professor  H.  J.  Kiekhoefer,  was  made 
president  in  1891.  During  his  able  administration 


of  22  years,  over  $100,000  was  spent  in  buildings, 
including  the  south  wing  of  the  Main  Building 
in  1890,  the  Gymnasium,  in  1901,  the  gift  of  an 
honored  alumnus,  Professor  J.  L.  Nichols,  the 
Carnegie  Library  in  1908,  and  Goldspohn  Science 
Hall  in  the  same  year,  named  after  the  donor, 
the  generous  and  distinguished  alumnus,  Dr. 
Albert  Goldspohn.  President  Kiekhoefer  re- 
signed in  1910  and  after  an  interregnum  of  a 
year  and  a  half,  ably  filled  by  Bishop  Thomas 
Bowman  and  Acting-President  L.  M.  Umbach, 
the  Rev.  Lawrence  H.  Seager  was  called  who 
served  with  marked  success  from  1911-1916, 
when  he  resigned  to  accept  a  Bishopric  in  his 
Church,  and  the  present  incumbent,  Dr.  Edward 
E.  Rail  was  called  to  fill  his  place. 

For  1916-17,  North-Western  College  has  en- 
rolled over  440  from  20  states  and  2  foreign 
countries.  About  300  are  in  the  College,  the  re- 
mainder in  the  Academy,  Schools  of  Music,  Com- 
merce, and  Art.  The  present  faculty  numbers  28. 
The  college  has  productive  funds  of  over  $250,000. 


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NAPERVILLE  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS 

DISTRICT  NO.  78 

The  Naperville  Public  Schools  are  housed  in 
three  buildings.  The  modern  new  high  school 
building  on  Washington  Street  has  193  students 
and  twelve  teachers  including  drawing  and 
music  teachers,  who  teach  in  the  grades  also. 
The  grade  building  on  Sleight  Street  has  the  first 
eight  grades  with  an  enrollment  of  255  pupils 
and  eight  teachers.  The  grade  building  on 
Eagle  Street  has  six  grades  with  an  enrollment 
of  193  pupils  and  six  teachers.  Total  number  of 
pupils  enrolled  to  date,  641.  Superintendent  and 
teachers,  27. 

Teachers  are  to  be  State  normal  school  gradu- 
ates for  the  grades  and  college  or  university 
graduates  for  the  high  school.  The  course  of 
study  and  quality  of  the  teaching  force  are 
recognized,  the  high  school  being  on  the  list  of 
schools  approved  by  the  North  Central  Asso- 
ciation and  by  the  University  of  Illinois,  also  re- 
cently accredited  for  a  period  of  three  years,  end- 
ing June  30,  1920. 

The  Board  of  Education  demonstrates  its 
efficiency  by  the  splendidly  equipped  new  high 
school  building  and  by  the  constantly  improved 
school  conditions.  Mr.  O.  A.  Waterman  is  su- 
perintendent. 


SOCIETIES  S.S.  PETER  AND  PAUL 
CHURCH. 

S.  S.  Peter  &  Paul  Catholic  Parish  has  main- 
tained a  Parochial  school  since  about  1850.  The 
present  school  building  was  erected  in  1911  at  a 
cost  of  about  $30,000.  The  average  attendance 
is  250  pupils  and  its  course  comprises  eight 
grades,  taught  by  Sisters  of  the  Order  of  St. 
Francis.  It  is  a  free  school  and  is  maintained  by 
the  parishoners  out  of  the  funds  of  the  church. 

HOLY  NAME  SOCIETY. 

KNIGHTS  O.F  COLUMBUS,  NAPERVILLE 
COUNCIL  No.  1369. 

WESTERN  CATHOLIC  UNION. 

CATHOLIC  ORDER  OF  FORESTERS, 
ST.  JOSEPH'S  COURT  No.  291. 

CAROLUS  GUARDS. 

ST,  ALOYSIUS  YOUNG  MEN'S  JUNIOR 
HOLY  NAME  SOCIETY. 

SOCIETY    OF    CHRISTIAN    MOTHERS. 

WOMEN'S  CATHOLIC  ORDER  OF  FOR- 
ESTERS, ST.  MARY'S  COURT  No.  295. 

ST.  MARY'S  YOUNG  LADIES  SODALITY. 
WESTERN    CATHOLIC   UNION,   ST. 

CLARA  BRANCH  No.  198. 


S.S.  PETER  AND  PAUL  PAROCHIAL  SCHOOL 


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NAPBRVILLE. 


WALTER  BLANCHARD  POST  GRAND  ARMY  OF  THE  REPUBLIC 


Walter  Blanchard  Post  G.  A.  R.  of  Naperville 
was  mustered  as  a  Post  in  Scott's  Hall,  January 
7,  1884,  with  twenty-two  members.  Willard 
Scott,  Commander. 

The  Post  received  its  name  from  Captain 
Walter  Blanchard  of  Downers  Grove,  of  the 
13th  Illinois  Infantry,  who  received  his  death 
wound  at  Ringold  Gap,  Georgia,  November  27, 
1863. 

The  Post  and  its  friends  erected  the  monu- 
ment to  the  Soldiers  and  Sailors  which  graces 
the  City  Park,  and,  assisted  by  the  Ladies  Auxil- 
iary and  the  Sons  of  Veterans,  has  done  much  to 


foster  the  spirit  of  loyalty  to  the  flag,  and  devo- 
tion to  the  country's  cause. 

The  officers  for  the  year  1917  are: 

Commander   E.  C.  Rickert 

Senior  Vice H.  C.  Skelton 

Junior  Vice G.  K.  Turner 

Surgeon J.  A.  Bell 

Chaplain   I).  B.  Givler 

Quarter-Master   M.  L.  Houser 

Officer  of  the  day Jos.  Kochly 

Officer  of  the  Guard E.  V.  Powell 

Adjutant L.  S.  Shafer 

Patriotic  Instructor J.  I.  Vogelsang 


NAPERVILLE  WOMAN'S  CLUB 


EUCLID  LODGE  NO.  65,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 


Dating  its  origin  from  1898,  the  Woman's  Club 
looks  back  to  the  gathering  of  women  at  the 
home  of  Mrs.  Willard  Scott  when  the  organiza- 
tion was  effected,  and  Mrs.  A.  R.  FYeeman  was 
elected  President. 

In  connection  with  its  purely  literary  study, 
the  Club  has  become  one  of  the  foremost  sup- 
porters of  the  Nichols  Library,  and  through  its 
committees  is  active  in  public  school  matters, 
having  pledged,  in  1916,  over  $500.00  to  equip 
the  Domestic  Science  Department  of  the  new 
High  School. 

The  aim  of  the  Club  is  to  be  a  helping  hand 
wherever  possible  to  Naperville  —  in  civic,  social 
and  educational  matters,  —  to  its  high-minded, 
strictly  modern  commissioners,  —  its  enterprising 
Association  of  Commerce,  —  its  remarkable  Y.  M. 
C.  A.,  —  its  excellent  schools  and  churches;  in  all 
working  harmoniously  for  a  better,  cleaner, 
safer  and  more  beautiful  city. 


NIaperville,  Illinois 

Euclid  Lodge  No.  65  Ancient,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  was  chartered  October  9,  1849, 
by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Illinois. 

The  charter  members  were  Lewis  Ellsworth, 
John  Kimball,  Nathan  Loring,  C.  C.  Barnes, 
Aylmer  Keith,  Joseph  Naper,  and  Nathan  Allen. 

Joseph  Naper,  founder  of  Naperville,  was  the 
second  Worshipful  Master  of  Euclid  Lodge. 

The  Lodge  now  has  a  membership  of  175  and 
is  growing  rapidly,  having  doubled  its  member- 
ship within  the  last  five  years. 

There  has  been  completed  this  year  the  new 
Masonic  Temple  costing  $30,000.00.  The  new 
building  is  located'  on  Jefferson  Avenue  near 
Main  Street. 

Coan  H.  Wright  is  its  present  Worshipful 
Master.  C.  A.  Ashley,  Secretary. 


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THE  NAPERVILLE  BAND 


THE  CAROLUS  GUARDS 


Naperville's  musical  birth  dates  back  to  the 
forming  of  her  first  band,  the  old  Light  Guard 
Band,  in  which  William  Knoch,  Joseph  Kochly 
and  George  Keller  were  the  star  performers. 
This  charter  organization  was  dissolved  early  in 
1900.  The  Lounge  Factory  Band  became  its  suc- 
cessor in  1906  under  the  management  of  Frank 
Hawbecker,  Frank  Babel,  and  Harry  Emmel. 

Mr.  Charles  Horn,  of  Chicago,  was  the  first  di- 
rector of  the  Lounge  Factory  Band.  His  suc- 
cessors were  Mr.  Holmes,  Mr.  J.  Arden  Waters 
and  Mr.  W.  M.  Givler.  This  organization  en- 
joyed the  co-operation  of  Mr.  P.  E.  Kroehler  who 
furnished  uniforms  and  gave  financial  assistance. 

Mr.  J.  Fred  Fehr,  the  present  director,  re- 
ceived his  musical  education  in  the.  School  of 
Music  of  North-Western  College  and  the  Ameri- 
can Violin  School.  Under  his  able  leadership  the 
Band  is  producing  most  excellent  results.  There 
are  22  members,  and  the  name  now  is  The  Naper- 
ville  Band.  Sixteen  Saturday  evening  concerts 
in  the  business  section  last  summer  were  enjoyed 
and  financed  by  many  friends  and  admirers. 


The  Carolus  Guards,  a  military  body  affiliated 
with  St.  Joseph's  Court  No.  291  C.  O.  F.,  was  or- 
ganized March  25,  1906,  with  Julian  Dieter, 
Albert.  Ory,  George  Dieter,  Leo  Rechenmacher, 
and  Edward  Getz  as  its  officers. 

Capt.  Edw.  Getz,  a  veteran  of  the  Spanish- 
American  War,  through  his  firm  belief  in  disci- 
pline and  his  unwearied  enthusiasm,  has  been 
largely  responsible  for  the  rapid  advancement  of 
the  Guards  to  their  present  state  of  efficiency. 

The  executive  ability  of  the  first  president  and 
present  lieutenant,  Julian  Dieter,  has  also  been 
a  strong  factor  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  organiz- 
ation. 

Unlike  most  private  military  organizations, 
the  Carolus  Guards  have  not  been  trained  merely 
for  dress  parades,  but  have  expressed  their  will- 
ingness through  a  petition  to  the  governor  to 
fight  for  their  country's  honor,  should  it  ever  be 
placed  in  jeopardy. 

To  the  delight  of  our  citizens  and  for  their 
own  military  development,  the  guards  have  al- 
ways taken  an  active  part  in  all  civic  demon- 
strations and  on  numerous  occasions  have  par- 
ticipated in  military  maneuvers  and  exibition 
drills  in  other  cities,  Ottawa,  Elgin,  and  Chicago. 


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ITHE  EDWARD  SANATORIUM 


The  Edward  Sanatorium  at  Naperville,  Illi- 
nois, opened  January  15,  1907.  (Possible  by  the 
munificence  of  Mrs.  Keith  Spaulding).  Under 
the  direction  of  Dr.  Theodore  B.  Sachs,  the 
Edward  Sanatorium  grew  from  an  institution  of 
14  beds  to  its  present  capacity  of  100  beds.  The 
approximate  present  cost  of  the  plant  is  about 
$100,000. 


The  Sanatorium  is  a  department  of  the  Chi- 
cago Tuberculosis  Institute.  It  is  an  institution 
for  people  in  moderate  circumstances,  most  of  the 
patients  being  of  the  clerical  and  professional 
class. 

The  institution  has  an  adequate  medical  and 
nursing  personnel,  the  medical  department  being 
under  the  supervision  of  Dr.  O.  W.  McMichael. 


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ST.  PROCOPIUS  COLLEGE 

St.  Procopius  College  was  founded  by  the  Rt. 
Rev.  Abbot  Nepomucene  Jaeger,  O.  S.  B.,  of  St. 
Procopius  Abbey  of  Chicago,  in  the  year  1886. 
By  an  Act  of  the  State  Legislature  the  Institu- 
tion was  incorporated  and  empowered  to  confer 
all  Academic  Degrees. 

The  first  building  was  at  Chicago,  and  was 
used  only  as  a  day-school.  When  the  question  of 
providing  more  adequate  buildings  for  the  in- 
creasing number  of  students  became  pressing, 
the  Fathers  determined  to  remove  the  Institution 
from  the  turmoil  of  city  life  and  seek  out  a  quiet 
place  in  the  country.  Such  a  place  was  found 
two  miles  east  of  Naperville,  on  the  Burlington 
Route. 

What  with  the  handsomeness  of  its  buildings, 
the  thoroughness  of  its  equipment  and  modern 
accommodations,  the  healthy  and  pleasing  locali- 
ty, the  College  stands  second  to  none  of  its  kind. 
With  the  Abbey  is  connected  the  Bohemian 
Benedictine  Press  of  Chicago,  publishing  a  daily, 
semi-weekly,  weekly,  and  a  monthly  paper. 


ST.  JOSEPH'S  BOHEMIAN  ORPHANAGE 

This  Institution  was  built  in  the  year  1910- 
1911  on  a  forty  acre  tract  of  land,  bought  from 
Mr.  Ferdinand  Schwartz,  in  Lisle  Township, 
near  Naperville,  on  the  C.  B.  &  Q.  R.  R.  It  has 
been  built  by  the  Bohemian  Catholic  people 
chiefly  from  Cook  County,  at  the  expense  of 
$100,000.00.  The  furnishing  of  the  institution 
cost  over  $15,000.00.  Two  hundred  orphaned  or 
dependent  children  can  be  comfortably  housed 
within  its  spacious  rooms  and  dormitories. 

The  institution  is  intended  not  only  to  give  a 
good,  warm  home  to  children,  but  also  education 
— schooling  and  practical  training  in  every  line 
of  work  that  awaits  the  inmates  after  they  leave. 

The  Sisters  of  the  Order  of  St.  Benedict  from 
the  neighboring  convent  take  the  place  of 
mothers,  nurses  and  teachers  at  the  same  time 
and  take  general  care  of  the  Institution.  Besides 
this,  regular  licensed  industrial  and  manual 
training  teachers  come  from  the  City  of  Chicago 
once  every  week  to  instruct  the  larger  children 
in  manual  and  industrial  work. 

Very  Rev.  Procopius  Neuzil,  O.S.B.,  is  the 
superintendent  of  the  Institution. 


ST.  PEOCOPIUS  COLLEGE 


NAPERVILLE 


ST.  JOSEPH'S  BOHEMIAN  ORPHANAGE 


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S.  S.  PETER  &  PAUL  CATHOLIC  CEME- 
TERY is  the  last  resting  place  of  the  remains  of 
the  ancestors  of  many  who  read  this.  It  dates 
back  to  1846  when  the  first  land  for  it  was  pur- 
chased, containing  about  an  acre.  At  present  it 
comprises  seven  acres.  Handsome  ornamental 
monuments  adorn  the  burial  plots  and  an  im- 
posing statuary  group,  representing  the  crucific- 
tion  of  Our  Lord,  imbues  an  air  of  sanctity  and 
reverence  and  instills  into  the  sorrowing  mourner 
that  Hope  which  can  be  his  only  consolation.  It 
is  maintained  most  beautifully.  S.  S.  Peter  & 
Paul  Cemetry  Association,  an  incorporated  as- 
sociation, has  charge  of  its  care,  and  by  virtue 
of  its  charter  may  receive  bequests  and  donations 
for  the  perpetual  care  of  lots.  Through  this  as- 
sociation the  continued  beautification  of  the 
cemetery  is  assured.  The  cemetry  is  inclosed  by 
an  ornamental  iron  fence.  It  is  located  just  ad- 
joining the  east  end  of  the  .city. 

NAPERVILLE  CEMETERY. 

The  Naperville  Cemetery  is  under  the  care  of 
a   Board  of  Trustees  of  three  members,  one  of 


whom  is  elected  annually  at  an  election  held  on 
the  first  Monday  in  April.  The  first  trustees, 
elected  March  12,  1843,  were  Joseph  Naper, 
Lewis  Ellsworth  and  John  Granger.  At  this 
time  Mr.  George  Martin  donated  2  acres  of  land, 
and  the  old  cemetery  at  Washington  Street  and 
Benton  Avenue  was  moved  to  its  present  loca- 
tion. Among  the  names  that  are  conspicuous  on 
the  records  of  the  Association  are  especially 
Lewis  Ellsworth  and  Moses  B.  Hosier.  Mr. 
Ellsworth's  name  occurs  as  Trustee  the  greater 
part  of  the  time  between  the  years  1843  until 
1885.  Mr.  Hosier  was  elected  as  Trustee  in  1881 
and  served  continuously  as  Secretary  up  to  the 
time  of  his  death  in  1915. 

The  present  Board  of  Trustees  of  Naperville 
cemetery  are:  G.  A.  Yost,  Pres. ;  B.  J.  Slick, 
Treas.;  L.  M.  Umbach,  Sec. 

Located  on  the  western  slopes  of  the  DuPage 
River,  the  cemetery  has  one  of  the  most  beauti- 
ful sites  to  be  found  in  the  State. 


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REUSS  STATE  BANK 

Ruess  State  Bank  was  founded  in  1866  when 
George  Reuss  opened  a  private  bank  on  May  1st 
of  that  year.  The  private  bank  became  merged 
in  a  corporation  April  12,  1897  under  the  above 
title  with  a  capital  stock  of  $25,000  with  George 
Reuss  as  its  President  and  V.  A.  Dieter,  Cashier. 
The  capital  stock  was  raised  from  time  to  time  to 
meet  the  growing  condition  of  its  business  and 
the  bank  now  has  a  capital  of  $100,000  and  a  sur- 
plus of  $25,000  with  deposits  of  about  $400,000. 
A  modern  steel  lined  burglar  proof  vault  has  re- 
cently been  completed  and  safetly  deposit  boxes 
installed  for  the  security  of  the  bank's  patrons. 

The  officers  and  directors  are: 

Joseph  A.  Reuss    President 

Charles   L.   Schwartz    Vice- President 

Valentine  A.  Dieter   Cashier 

Albert  J.  Ory Ass't.  Cashier 

Loren  W.  Myers Ass't.  Cashier 

DIRECTORS: 

Andrew  A.  Schwartz,  George  J.  Zahringer, 
Monroe  E.  Christ,  Alvin  Scott,  Charles  L. 
Schwartz,  Valentine  A  Dieter  and  Joseph  A. 
Reuss. 


THE  FIRST  NAT'L  BANK  OF  NAPERVILLE 

The  First  National  Bank  of  Naperville  was  in- 
corporated in  April,  1891,  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$50,000.00.  The  first  Board  of  Directors  was 
composed  of  Thomas  P.  Phillips,  Martin  Brown, 
William  King,  Charles  F.  Rassweiler  and 
Francis  Granger.  Officers:  T.  P.  Phillips, 
President;  Martin  Brown,  Vice-President;  A. 
McS.  S.  Riddler,  Cashier;  Walter  M.  Givler, 
Assistant  Cashier.  James  L.  Nichols,  George  W. 
Sindlinger  and  H.  H.  Goodrich  served  as  di- 
rectors, the  latter  also  as  President,  until  their 
demise.  Assistant  Cashiers  were  Ralph  N. 
Ballou,  Frank  G.  Keller  and  Earl  E.  Leffler. 

The  present  capital,  surplus  and  undivided 
profits  aggregate  $115,000.00  and  deposits  over 
$500,000.00.  The  bank  is  now  occupying  its 
modernly  equipped  quarters,  corner  Washington 
Street  and  Jefferson  Avenue. 

The  present  Directors  are:  Francis  Granger, 
Ezra  E.  Miller,  Irving  Goodrich,  John  A. 
Schmidt,  Calvin  Steck,  Francis  A.  Kendall  and 
Bernard  C.  Beckman.  Officers:  President, 
Francis  Granger;  Vice-President,  Ezra  E. 
Miller;  Cashier,  Walter  M.  Givler;  Assistant 
Cashiers,  Elbert  H.  Kailer  and  Edward  L.  Steck. 


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120  South  Washington  St. 


Naperville,  111. 


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ILLINOIS,  MINNESOTA  AND  MICHIGAN  LANDh 
45  Washington  St.,  Naperville,  111. 


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Main  and  So.  Water  Sts.  Naperville,  111. 


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153  North  St. 


BOTH  TELEPHONES 

G.  J.  KELLER 

Soft  Coal  of  All  Sizes— 

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PROMPT  ATTENTION  GIVEN  TO  YOUR  ORDER 

Yard   Near   Depot  Naperville,  111. 


W.   E.  HAZEL  WOOD 
POULTRY  FEED 

Washington  and  Water  Streets 
Naperville,  111. 


BOTH  TELEPHONES 

M.  L.   HOWSER 

Groceries  and  Canned  Goods 

Fresh  Bread  and  Rolls 

Confectionery  and  Fruits 


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BUSINESS  INTERESTS 

Auctioneer;  William  Eichman,  F.  E.  Shimp. 
Bakery;   Joseph    Bapst,    C.    E.    Heydon,    Home 

Bakery. 
Barber;  E.  C.  Shafer,  R.    F.    High,    H.    J.    Fuss, 

H.  J.  Gillhoover,  O.  W.  Conner. 
Blacksmithing;  G.  C.  Duel,    Heim    and  Stoner, 

F.  S.  Goetsch  &  Son,  A.  Kochly,  J.  Hauser. 
Carpet  Weaving;  August  Kersting. 
Cigars;  William  Knoch,  Sanders  &  Plasterer. 
City  Auto  Service. 
Clothier;    Yender    &    Brossman,    Mickenbecker 

Store,  H.  J.  Durran. 

Coal;  G.  J.  Keller,  H.  H.  Zaininger,  Enck  & 
Drendel,  T.  F.  Boecker. 

Contractors;  A.  H.  Beidelman,  Oscar  Goehring, 
John  Bentz,  Oliver  Fry,  Henry  Miley,  Sieber 
Bros.,  Walter  Weigard,  Lauer  Bros.,  J. 
Schifferle,  Charles  Shiffler,  Frank  McCorkel, 
Frank  Witt,  A.  R.  Miller. 

Concrete;  J.  J.  Arends,  John  Hedinger. 

Dairy;  H.  Otterpohl,  E.  O.  Drendel,  F.  A.  Fey, 
Ira  Sollenberger,  J.  Wagner. 

Dentist;  Thos.  White,  O.  A.  Getz,  A.  B.  Slick, 
W.  E.  Becker,  L.  A.  Brazelton. 


Druggist;  L.  W.  Oswald,  C.  C.  Coleman. 

Electric  Supplies;  Dieter  &  Getz,  A.  G.  Herbert. 

Electric  Theatre. 

Feed  Store;  W.  E.  Hazlewood. 

Feed  Mill;  T.  F.  Boecker,  Enck  &  Drendel. 

Florist;  C.  Rohr,  J.  Falkenstein,  W.  Miller,  J.  A. 

Kenyon,  John  Bauer,  Orchids-Charles  Bond. 
Furniture  and  Undertaking;    O.    J.    Beidelman, 

A.  R.  Beidelman,  Yender  &  Kraushar. 

Garage,  Auto  Repairing;  Naperville  Garage, 
Fountain  Garage,  DuPage  Garage,  Cromer 
Bros.,  Nichols-Cadman,  E.  S.  Fry,  E.  L. 
Perry. 

German  Cheese  Co. 

Groceries;     W.     C.     Bomberger    &    Co.,    M.    L. 

Houser,     C.     E.     Heydon,     Mrs.     Anna     B. 

Kreger,  G.  C.    Kirchgasser,    A.    Felling,    J. 

Bapst. 

Hardware;  Hillegas  Hardware  Co.,  Reiche  Bros., 
C.  Sherer  &  Son. 

Hotels;  Burlington  Hotel,  Preemption  House. 
Harness;  Flemming  Harness  Shop,  J.  Herbert. 

Insurance;     H.     H.     Rassweiler    &    Son,    W.    S. 

Garman,  G.  A.  Rapp,  F.  W.  Umbreit. 
Illinois  Pupils  Reading  Circle:  F.  A.  Kendall. 
Insurance  and  Real  Estate:  Scott,  Egermann  & 


NAPERVILLE 


Royce,    M.    E.    Christ,    John    Rice,    R.    M. 
Sheldon. 

Ice     Cream     and     Conf. ;    L.    V.    Kreger,    H.    C. 

Williams,     F.     Mistici,     A.    Felling,    F.    H. 

Latshaw,  G.  C.  Kirchgasser. 
Jewelry;  H.  P.  Fehrenkamp,  A.  D.  Miller,  H.  J. 

Durran. 

Kroehler  Mfg.  Co. 

Ladies  Furnishings;  M.  Herbert  Co. 
Laundry ;  Sam  Lung. 
Lawyer:  ].  A.  Reuss,  Benjamin  &  Reed,  Bunge 

Harbour  &    Schmidt,   J.    S.    Goodwin,  Wm. 

Frederick,  W.  Knoch,  J.  R.  Haight,  B.  Piper. 
Livery ;  A.  M.  Sherwood. 
Lumber;  C.  L.  Schwartz,  C.  B.  Moore  Lumber 

Co. 

Martin  &  von  Oven  Brick  &  Tile  Works. 
Meat   Market;    Grush     &    Faulhaber,    Boettger 

Bros.,     Banner     Meat     Market,    A.     Baum- 

gartner,  W.  H.  Hartrunft. 
Merchandise;     Slick     &     Kochly,     Broeker     & 

Spiegler,  E.  F.  Stark,  W.  C."  Hiltenbrand. 
Millinery;  Mrs.  W.    E.    Becker,    Miss    Lolla    T. 

Allen,  Meisinger  Sisters. 
Model  Variety  Store. 
Monuments ;  A.  R.  Beidelman,  E.  Wunderlich. 


Naperville  Mushroom  Farming  Co. 
Naperville  Nurseries. 
Osteopath;  E.  S.  Moser,  R.  N.  Bautsch. 
Painter;  S.  F.  Baumgartner,    R.    A.    Unger,    F. 

Grimes,     E.     W.     Hey,     Saylor     Bros.,     J. 

Widclers,  W.  Ross,  H.  Garman,  A.  Prignitz, 

Fritch  &  Knecht,  Costello  &  Stoos. 
Photographer;  C.  H.  Koretke. 
Phvsicians;  W.    [•  Truitt,  E.  G.  Simpson,  A.  B. 
'  Rikli,     W.    "B.     Martin,     R.    Truitt,    J.    H. 

Clancey,  W.  L.  Migley. 
Plumber;    J.     Kieserg,    Dieter    &    Getz,    T.    J. 

Steffes. 

Printer;  R.  N.  Givler. 
Publisher;  J.  L.  Nichols  Co. 

Restaurant ;  College  Inn,  Fountain  Lunch  Room. 
Shoes;  A.  Muench. 
Shoe  Repairing;  Stanley's  Electric    Shoe    Shop, 

Jacob  Zimmerman. 
Surveyor;  C.  A.  Ashley. 
Transfer  and  Hauling:  Forest  Harter,  J.  A. 

Schnibben,  F.  Kirk. 
Tailor;  C.  E.  Rosenau,  J.  Vender  Sr.,  H.  Micken- 

becker  Sr. 

Veterinary;  [.  E.  Stiles,  A.  M.  Sherwood. 
Wagon  Shop;  J.  Hiltenbrand,  A.  W.  Miller. 


NAPBRVILLE 


"  WAR  WOOD  FARM."     Home  of  Walter  A.  Rogers 


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Joseph  Yender,  Jr. 
Jacob  Brossman. 

54-56  WASHINGTON  STREET 


Yender  and  Brossman 


CLOTHING,  FURNISHINGS 
FOOTWEAR 

NAPERVILLE,  ILL. 


C.  SCHERER  &  SON 

HARDWARE 

STOVES,  RANGES,  FURNACES,  GRANITE  WARK, 
CUTLERY  AND  ALUMINUM  WARK 

REPAIRING  A   SPECIALTY 
Washington  St.  and  Jefferson  Ave.  Naperville,  111. 


Irrii   Job    I'rintiiiy  HotJt    Tele 

THE  NAPERVILLE  CLARION 

ROLLO  N.  GIVLER,  Publisher 

The  Home  I'ajter  Issued  Kadi  Week  for  More 
Than  Half  a  Century. 


60  Washington   St. 


Naperville,  111. 


NAPERVILLE 


Metropolitan  Telephone  Service 
For  Naperville 

Naperville  telephone  service  is  to  be  made  thoroughly 
Metropolitan  and  initial  steps  to  this  end  will  be  taken  about 
April  1,  and  the  work  pushed  to  completion  as  rapidly  as 
possible. 

A  new  building  of  attractive  design  is  to  be  erected  on 
Van  Buren  Street,  between  Main  and  Washington  Streets, 
for  the  sole  occupancy  of  the  Telephone  Company. 

Upon  completion  of  the  structure,  a  common  Battery 
Switchboard  and  appurtenances  will  be  installed.  This  type 
of  equipment  obviates  the  method  of  turning  a  crank  by  the 
subscriber  when  signalling  the  operator;  lifting  the  receiver 
from  the  hook  causes  a  light  to  flash  on  the  switchboard 
which  attracts  the  operator's  attention.  This  new  system 
will  be  used  in  town  only;  the  farmer  line  service  will  be 
of  the  Magneto  type  as  heretofore. 

The  new  building  will  have  modern  lighting,  plumbing 
and  heating  facilities  and  contain,  in  addition  to  commer- 
cial and  operating  rooms,  a  pleasant  reading  and  rest  room 
for  the  operators'  use  during  rest  periods. 

Xaperville's  present  and  future  telephone  needs  have 
been  carefully  studied  and  it  is  believed  that  the  new  and 
improved  service  will  meet  all  requirements  in  a  manner  en- 
tirely satisfactory  to  the  Company's  patrons. 

Chicago  Telephone  Co. 


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Home  of  the  Sittyton  Grove  Short  Horn  Herd 


THOMAS  STANTON,  Prop. 


NAPERVILLE,  ILL. 


LISLE    FARMS   COMPANY  Inc. 

Lisle,  Illinois 


Maplecrest  King  De  Kol  91584,  a  bull  of  excellent  individ- 
uality and  faultless  breeding  is  at  the  head  of  our  herd.  He  is 
a  son  of  Friend  Hengerveld  De  Kol  Butter  Boy,  who  sired 
Banostine  Belle  De  Kol  with  1322.92  pounds  of  butter  (world's 
record  when  made.)  He  also  produced  four  other  cows  exceeding 
the  1000  pound  mark,  three  of  them  producing  over  1200  pounds. 
His  dam  is  a  24  pound  daughter  of  Pontiac  Aaggie  Korndyke 
with  51  A.R.O.  daughters,  12  of  which  are  above  30  pounds,  17 
above  25  pounds,  and  37  above  20  pounds.  She  is  out  of  High- 


lawn   Hartog  De  Kol,  a  30.91-pound   daughter  of  Friend  Hen- 
gerveld De  Kol  Butter  Boy. 

Our  herd  combines  individuality  and  production.  The  bulls 
we  have  to  offer  are  the  kind  that  will  increase  the  production 
and  improve  the  individuality  of  your  herd. 

When  you  are  wanting  pure  bred  Duroc  Jersey  gilts  or  a 
boar,  see  us.  Our  herd  has  size  and  early  maturity — they  are 
the  kind  that  will  make  you  money. 


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THE  NAPERVILLE  CONSUMERS  CO. 


HIGHLAND  ICE  CREAM   AND   PURE  ICE 

Quality  our  Slogan  Delivered  to  any  part  of  our  city 


SOCIETIES  AND  CLUBS 

A.  F.  and  A.  M.  Euclid  Lodge  No.  65. 

Court  of  Honor. 

R.  A.  M.  Euclid  Chapter  No.  13. 

F.  R.  L.  A.  Naperville  Lodge  No.  78. 

G.  A.  R.,  Walter  Blanchard  Post  No.  386. 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  Naperville  Lodge  No.  81. 
Ladies  Auxiliary  of  Sons  of  Veterans. 

M.  W.  A.,  Napier  Camp  No.  908. 

Royal  League,  Naperville  Council  No.  261. 

Royal  Neighbors,  Martha  Washington  Camp. 


Womans  Christian  Temperance  Union. 

Sons  of  Veterans,  Naperville  Camp  No.  261. 

Mystic  Workers  of  the  World. 

Alphea  Chapter,  Order  Eastern  Star  of  111. 

The  Maccabbees  Tent  No.  90. 

Woodmen  of  World. 

Fraternal  Reserve  Life  Ass'n.,  Esther  Lodge. 

Association  of  Commerce. 

Naperville  Business  Men's  Association. 

Community  Club.      Hi-Y  Club.      Womans  Club. 

Fortnightly  Club.      Naperville  Gun  Club. 


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CHARLES  L.  SCHWARTZ  LUMBER  AND  BUILDING  MATERIAL 


Fine  Interior  Finish  a  Specialty — Argotile  Shingles — Prepared  Roofings — Best  Quality — Lowest  Prices 

Prompt  Service — We  Solicit  Your  Patronage. 


HERMAN    OTTERPOHL 
MILK  DEPOT 

PURE  MILK  AND  CREAM  PASTEURIZED 


86  Front  St. 


Naperville,  111. 


H.  C.  WILLIAMS 

THE  CANDY  MAN 

ICE  CREAM  RETAIL  AND  WHOLESALE 
SODAS   AND   SOFT   DRINKS 

QUENCH  YOUR  THIRST  HERE 

18  Jefferson  Ave.  Naperville,  111. 


JOSEPH  KIESERG 

PLUMBER 

Heating  Systems  and  Sanitary  Plumbing  Installed. 

Estimates  Furnished.      Fixtures  and  Supplies. 

Washington  St.  and  Van  Buren  Ave.,  Naperville,  111. 


BOTH  TELEPHONES 


CRUSH  &  FAULHABER 


FRESH  AND  SALT  MEATS 


23  Jefferson  Avenue 


Naperville,  111. 


C.  E.  HEYDON 

BAKER  AND  GROCER 

Maker  of   HEYDON'S  QUALITY  BREAD.     All  Kinds  of 
Baked   Goods.     Vegetables,   Canned   Goods   and   Groceries. 

19  Jefferson  Ave.,  Naperville,  111. 


Northwestern  College 
Photoghapher 


Best  Equipped  Studio 
In  Du  Page  County 


C.  H.  KORETKE 

PHOTOGRAPHER 

Staff  Photographer  of  the  Home  Coming  Book 
Best  Photographs 


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MONUMENTS 

Eternal  Cement  Burial. Vaults 


Arthur  R.  Beidelman 


UNDERTAKING 

Funeral  Director  and  Licensed  Embalmer  No.  3240 


BOTH  TELEPHONES 

W.  C.  Bomberger  &  Co. 

Staple  and  Fancy  Groceries 
Crockery  and  Queensware 
Teas,  Coffees  and  Spices 


52  WASHINGTON  STREET 


NAPERVILLE,  ILL. 


The  Naperville  Garage 

H.  P.  THOMPSON,  Proprietor 

The  Famous  "OVERLAND"  Line  of 
Automobiles 


EXPEKT  REPAIK  WORK 
VULCANIZING   AND    SUPPLIES 


32  Washington  Street 


Naperville,  111. 


THE  BUSINESS  GUIDE 

OR    SAFE    METHODS    OF    BUSINESS— ENGLISH 

OR  GERMAN 
By  PROF.  J.  L.  NICHOLS,  A.  M. 

Over  three  million  copic»  sold  ot  former  edition*.     Whether  or  not  you  have  one 

you  cannot  afford  to  be  without  the  1917  edition.     Revised  and  corrected  right 

up  to  date  by  J..L.  Nichols.  A.  B. 

Containing  over  500  lessons  in  Business. 

A  complete  Legal  Adviser  and  Home  Lawyer.    A  complete  Hand-Book  of  Legal 

and  Business  Forms. 

"A  volume  for  the  home,  the  farm,  the  office  and  the  shop.  Wherever  it  has  gone 

it  has  blessed  mankind."    Bishop  L.  H.  Seager,  former  Pres.  N.  W.  C. 

Sent  postpaid  upon  receipt  of  only  $1.25.     We  also  own  and  publish  many  other 

good  books  for  the  home.     "The  Parents  Guide"  bv  Rev.  Ozora  Davis  and   Dr. 

Emma  F.  Drake  is  our  latest  publication,  price  $1  25. 

Our  books  are  sold  on  the  guarantee  of  satisfaction  or  money  refunded. 

Are  you  looking  for  profitable  employment?     We   will   pay  you  a  liberal   salary 

and  bigtcommission  to  represent  us.     Call  or  write  us  for  particulars. 

J.  L.  NICHOLS  C&  CO., 

Branch  Office,  Atlanta,  Ga.  Home  Office,  Naperville,  111. 


BOTH  TELEPHONES 


KREGER'S  GROCERY 


STAPLE  AND  FANCY  GROCERIES 


FLOUR,  FRUITS,  CONFECTIONERY 


71   Washington  Street 


Naperville,  111. 


HAMMERSMITH 
KORTMEYER    CO. 

ENGRAVERS      -      PRINTERS 
M  I  LWA  U  KE  E.   W  I  S  . 


